Communication Coach In Training Mugs

Bob had a lot to prove – which happens when you're wrong most of the time.

'On your mark. Get set. Create!'

'How are the ventriloquist lessons going?'

Inclusive speech

'Complete sentences?? Jeez, how verbose can you get?'

Couples' therapy

Teamwork

"And finally, I'd like to take any questions from the floor."

Keeping all the balls in the air - skills

"Harold, you've changed."

"How to talk to people" "Make them rue the day"

"Everything you say (or don't say) matters. Choose your words and intentions carefully."

"So, what you're telling me is: I have unusually high negatives for a third-year husband..."

WHO checklist

Talk shows are great. Listen shows are even better.

'Come on, Walter, you're wasting out time! Stop using complete sentences!'

'Is there such a thing as over communicating?'

'A 'D' in physics and biology, an 'A' in reading aloud. What will ever become of this kid?'

Nothing to say! Wouldn't wanna hear about it anyway!

"I can't talk louder, I'm a little horse."

We never got anything done around here until we invented verbs.

"I'm a great ... umm... like ... umm... like... umm ... communicator."

"Let me know when you get tired of berries. We'll work on your people skills."

How to Do Small Talk??!!

"Can you teach me to really bark? I only seem to be able to yap..."

"Marriage is driving me crazy and she's my designated driver!"

How it feels to be in a company with poor communication.

'She nitpicks all the time!'

"Stop referring to you and me as 'we'!"

'All I know is that when life hands you a lemon, you're supposed to make lemonade...is there such a thing as curveballade?'

'He has a very open mind. Everything goes in one ear and out the other.'

'A 'pregnant pause' is effective only if you've already said something.'

"Go ahead. Tell me your troubles. I promise to say 'Awww' in all the right places."

'Here's another email from a parent, written in lower case with no punctuation and seventeen spelling errors, demanding we do a better job of teaching social skills.'

Foundation for the Syntactically Challenged