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Get Yes! To Your Request: How to Influence Without Authority

Presented by Ed Tate, CSP
Originally Recorded September 19, 2023

Forty percent (40%) of people’s time at work is engaged in persuading, convincing, and influencing!*

In a recent workplace study (What Do You Do at Work?) by Qualtrics, people devote twenty-four (24) minutes of every hour to moving people.

People consider this aspect of their work critical to their professional success.*

There are thousands of tactics that professionals use to influence us; the majority fall into six basic categories.

Using the principles he teaches, Ed Tate won the American Idol of Public Speaking. He became the 2000 World Champion of Public Speaking – Toastmasters International’s most prestigious speaking award among its 352,000+ members. In 2008, Ed earned the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the National Speakers Association.

Ed’s success in business spans decades. For 14 years, he was a successful high-tech national account executive selling over $500 million in products and services to corporations and entrepreneurs throughout the United States. Additionally, he co-created two business units that produced over $1.25 billion in revenue.

Since 1998, Ed has been principal of Ed Tate & Associates, LLC, a professional development firm that provides expertise on Winning High-Stakes Presentations.

Session includes: 3 hours of course content, broken into two 90-minute videos, plus the Participant Workbook.

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