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SUMMARY:Effective Communication in Business Hosted by the Southern CO SBDC
DESCRIPTION:About This Event:\n\nEffective communication is more than simply sharing information. Business owners must communicate clearly with customers\, employees\, vendors\, and partners\, often while navigating different personalities\, expectations\, and stressful situations. \n\n\n\nThis interactive class will help participants strengthen their everyday communication skills\, prevent misunderstandings\, and handle challenging conversations with greater confidence. Through realistic small-business scenarios\, participants will practice listening\, setting expectations\, delivering clear messages\, and responding professionally when communication becomes difficult.\n\n\n\nParticipants will learn how to:\n\n\n	Recognize common barriers that lead to misunderstandings.\n	Communicate clearly with customers\, employees\, vendors\, and business partners.\n	Practice active listening and ask better questions.\n	Adapt their communication style for different people and situations.\n	Set clear expectations and confirm mutual understanding.\n	Navigate difficult conversations calmly and professionally.\n	Use email\, text\, phone\, and in-person communication more effectively.\n	Build trust and strengthen professional relationships through consistent communication.\n	Write clear\, effective workplace communications.\n\n\nInstructor:\n\nTaught by Catherine O'Grady\n\n \n\nCohost:\n\nThe Latino Chamber of Commerce of Pueblo\n\n \n\n\n\nMeet your host\n\nSouthern CO SBDC\n\nCoordinator\n\nColorado Small Business Development Center Serving Southern Colorado\n\ncatherine.ogrady@pueblocc.edu\n\n(719) 549-3245\n\n \n\nAdditional Workshops in the Series:
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div class="slds-m-bottom_medium" lwc-4ne7rvo8ph4="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin-bottom: 16px\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.8)\; font-family: Lato\;"><lightning-formatted-rich-text class="slds-rich-text-editor__output" lwc-4ne7rvo8ph4="" lwc-4nfn2rc40ch-host="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; line-height: 1.5\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; hyphens: manual\;">\n<p lwc-4nfn2rc40ch="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;"><img alt="TODO" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/images/events/3560/1207/EventPhotoFull_5.png" /></p>\n\n<p lwc-4nfn2rc40ch="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;"><span style="color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.8)\; font-family: Lato\; font-weight: 700\;">About This Event:</span><br />\nEffective communication is more than simply sharing information. Business owners must communicate clearly with customers\, employees\, vendors\, and partners\, often while navigating different personalities\, expectations\, and stressful situations.&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\nThis interactive class will help participants strengthen their everyday communication skills\, prevent misunderstandings\, and handle challenging conversations with greater confidence. Through realistic small-business scenarios\, participants will practice listening\, setting expectations\, delivering clear messages\, and responding professionally when communication becomes difficult.<br />\n<br />\n<span style="color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.8)\; font-family: Lato\; font-weight: 700\;">Participants will learn how to:</span></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>Recognize common barriers that lead to misunderstandings.</li>\n	<li>Communicate clearly with customers\, employees\, vendors\, and business partners.</li>\n	<li>Practice active listening and ask better questions.</li>\n	<li>Adapt their communication style for different people and situations.</li>\n	<li>Set clear expectations and confirm mutual understanding.</li>\n	<li>Navigate difficult conversations calmly and professionally.</li>\n	<li>Use email\, text\, phone\, and in-person communication more effectively.</li>\n	<li>Build trust and strengthen professional relationships through consistent communication.</li>\n	<li>Write clear\, effective workplace communications.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p lwc-4nfn2rc40ch="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;"><span lwc-4nfn2rc40ch="" part="formatted-rich-text" style="box-sizing: border-box\;"><span lwc-4nfn2rc40ch="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: 700\;">Instructor:</span></span></p>\n\n<p lwc-4nfn2rc40ch="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;"><span lwc-4nfn2rc40ch="" part="formatted-rich-text" style="box-sizing: border-box\;">Taught by Catherine O&rsquo\;Grady</span></p>\n\n<p lwc-4nfn2rc40ch="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p lwc-4nfn2rc40ch="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;"><span lwc-4nfn2rc40ch="" part="formatted-rich-text" style="box-sizing: border-box\;"><span lwc-4nfn2rc40ch="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: 700\;">Cohost:</span></span></p>\n\n<p lwc-4nfn2rc40ch="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;"><span lwc-4nfn2rc40ch="" part="formatted-rich-text" style="box-sizing: border-box\;">The Latino Chamber of Commerce of Pueblo</span></p>\n\n<p lwc-4nfn2rc40ch="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n</lightning-formatted-rich-text></div>\n\n<div lwc-4ne7rvo8ph4="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.8)\; font-family: Lato\;">\n<h4 class="slds-text-heading_small slds-text-title_caps slds-m-bottom_x-small" lwc-4ne7rvo8ph4="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 8px\; padding: 0px\; font-size: 12px\; font-family: Montserrat\; line-height: 1.25\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.6)\; text-transform: uppercase\; letter-spacing: 0.0625rem\;">Meet your host</h4>\n\n<p lwc-4ne7rvo8ph4="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;">Southern CO SBDC</p>\n\n<p class="slds-text-color_weak" lwc-4ne7rvo8ph4="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.6)\;">Coordinator</p>\n\n<p class="slds-text-color_weak" lwc-4ne7rvo8ph4="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.6)\;">Colorado Small Business Development Center Serving Southern Colorado</p>\n\n<p lwc-4ne7rvo8ph4="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;"><lightning-formatted-email lwc-4ne7rvo8ph4="" lwc-6dhblsr4nda-host="" style="box-sizing: border-box\;"><a href="mailto:catherine.ogrady@pueblocc.edu" lwc-6dhblsr4nda="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(1\, 118\, 211)\; text-decoration: none\; transition: color 0.1s linear\; cursor: pointer\;">catherine.ogrady@pueblocc.edu</a></lightning-formatted-email></p>\n\n<p lwc-4ne7rvo8ph4="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;"><lightning-formatted-phone lwc-4ne7rvo8ph4="" lwc-lp8dh5tfv2-host="" style="box-sizing: border-box\;"><a href="tel:7195493245" lwc-lp8dh5tfv2="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(1\, 118\, 211)\; text-decoration: none\; transition: color 0.1s linear\; cursor: pointer\;">(719) 549-3245</a></lightning-formatted-phone><br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p lwc-4nfn2rc40ch="" style="color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.8)\; font-family: Lato\; box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;"><span lwc-4nfn2rc40ch="" part="formatted-rich-text" style="box-sizing: border-box\;"><span lwc-4nfn2rc40ch="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: 700\;">Additional Workshops in the Series:</span></span></p>\n\n<div style="color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.8)\; font-family: Lato\; box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;"><img alt="" height="680" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/3560/Image/1.png" style="width: 525px\; height: 680px\;" width="525" /></div>\n</div>\n
LOCATION:Latino Chamber of Commerce 215 S. Victoria Avenue Pueblo\, CO 81003
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DTSTAMP:20260927T212833Z
URL:https://business.pueblolatinochamber.com/events/details/effective-communication-in-business-hosted-by-the-southern-co-sbdc-1207
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