Maria Pantalone
Maria Pantalone is the director of Infinite Growth, a Sydney-based company that works with individuals and businesses to improve their communication skills so that they can professionally present their products and services with maximum impact. Her areas of specialty include presentation skills, business writing, customer service and leadership development. For more information about Infinite Growth’s programs visit www.infinitegrowth.com.au
Five tips for writing regular newsletters
As a busy business-person it’s challenging to send out a regular newsletter, but it can be done. Here are my top five tips.
4 Steps to finding your ideal virtual assistant
If you’re considering hiring the services of a virtual assistant these tips will help you make sure they’re the right person for the job.
3 keys to developing trust in a working relationship
Whether you’re working in a team, leading a team or working with a client, an indispensable factor in being effective is the element of trust.
Is technology hindering our ability to communicate effectively?
Technological advances have now enabled us to communicate in a variety of ways – Facebook, Twitter, email and text messaging to name a few.
How to avoid going blank during a presentation
Have you ever been part way through a presentation and suddenly gone blank? You don’t remember where you were up to in your presentation and you look at your audience who in turn are watching your every move.
The secret to better time management
The secret to better time management is more simple than you ever imagined – we can’t manage our time as we all have the same number of hours in a day. What we can do is manage ourselves within the time. Now, here are some ideas for how to make better use of the hours available to you.
How to write the perfect business document
A common error people make when writing business documents is they use words that are familiar to them – not necessarily language that’s familiar to their reader. Here’s some advice for choosing the most appropriate words for your next document.
Four steps to creating a killer proposal outline
Do you find it tough to begin the writing process for your business documents, especially reports or proposals? An outline can save you time and can help you to become clear as to the essential components of your document.
Three essential qualities of high performing teams
Are there any lessons and experiences taught by sports teams that can be applied to a business situation? Maria Pantalone says yes.
Are you suffering from the communication blues?
Maria Pantalone blogs about improving communication in the workplace. “Do you find that when you’re tired your communication with those around you isn’t as good as it normally would be?”
Do you waffle?
Maria Pantalone blogs about keeping on track when presenting something to a client, either verbally or via email. “Whether your document is a report, proposal or an email you want your reader to actually read it. You wouldn’t be writing it if it wasn’t important, would you?”
Creating effective PowerPoint presentations
Maria Pantalone offers tips to ensure you don’t commit ‘Death by PowerPoint’ in your business. “Nowadays PowerPoint is a common tool used to assist in presentations & the slides should provide your audience with an at-a-glance understanding of the material to support your main points.”
The Power of the Pause
Maria Pantalone blogs about how distracting ‘ums’ and ‘ahs’ can be in presentations. “Many people don’t realise that they’re using fillers until it’s pointed out to them. Once they’re aware of them they can then work on reducing or even eliminating them altogether.”