“Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Mastering communication is one of the most important building blocks for reaching your full potential. We are fortunate to have many brilliant communicators in our community and we asked some of them to share their lessons and advice below.

Rommel Corral

I never set out to be an effective communicator; I simply connected with people in a way that felt natural. While most of my friends and peers were focused on honing technical skills, I was busy building bridges, forging relationships, and driving results, often just through the way I engaged with others. This knack for connection showed early in my career as a Project Manager and Consultant in Marketing and Advertising, a field that exposed me to industries from automotive and healthcare to hospitality, technology, and branding. My intuitive ability to connect set me apart. Read More>>

Elizabeth Boone

I spent 10 years competing in this wonderful activity called Speech. It cultivated my acting, communication, writing and memorization skills. Beyond, it had a profound impact on the person I am today. I saw performances that enlightened me and changed my perspective. I had the opportunity to meet individuals that I can still call on. Read More>>

Marissa Pang

Structured communication and enunciation were not things that came naturally to me. When I first moved to America, communicating in English was an even bigger challenge. I felt it negatively impact me the most when I started college, and had a hard time with interviews. Somehow, I struggled to even give coherent answers to basic questions like “tell me about yourself” and end up stammering, shaky, and generally unconfident. I did not make it past the first round of any of my first 10-20 interviews. Read more>>

Yusi Tao

I have always been an introverted person and not very good at communicating with strangers. However, after coming to the United States, especially after choosing animation as my major, I realized that I had to become better at communication. Animation is a team project, and it’s impossible to complete it alone. If I want my work to be presented in the best possible way, I need to recruit more talented people to help me.Read more>>

Leighton Bryant

As sisters, communication can be unbelievably easy yet at other times amazingly challenging. Since our vision for the business began and remains to provide artmaking the way we grew up experiencing it at home (structured tools or projects with open-ended imagination and play), we generally can come to the same conclusions for what we want Little Art House to be though how we execute this has varied over the years. Read More>>

Roderick Casadores

Self taught, reading books, learning from my peers, talking to strangers, and being around different types of people’s personalities. Read More>>

Shaakavelli X

Funny thing about that, the way I feel is in order to communicate to another person in this day and age, Especially ‘Effectively’, is a bit of a challenge. Many people we’re surrounded by are routed on output only and rarely take any input. So I feel the best way too communicate For me at least, is from My music. When I could let everything I have building up out on the track .. it makes it kinda hard for someone to talk back and try to explain to me that they have all the answers. I had learned at a young age that silence speaks the loudest. Read More>>