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Presenter: Leighann Lord

Do you have a love/hate?relationship with the English language? Are you?annoyed by acronyms? Humbled by homonyms??Does punctuation make you panic? You’re not alone.?First words, last words, magic words, bad words. Logophile (word lover) Leighann Lord takes attendees on a fun frolic through?the land of word?nerdery, exploring the power that language has to hurt and heal;?entertain and?inspire. And why sometimes, even for professional speakers and writers, our communication efforts?can fail. But fear not! Attendees will take away a renewed appreciation for the English language and concrete tools on how to use it better. In this fun refresher,?Leighann will show you:

? The importance of text, tone and body language
? Why?subtext and context matter
? Why autocorrect is not your friend
? Why you should not ignore Microsoft?Word’s ?“red” and “green” lines
? The three things you should do before you hit send
? The most important question to ask?before you hit send
? five great resources literally at your fingertips