Powerful Communication Essentials with Dr. Debbye Turner Bell | The Good Leadership Podcast #45

Dr. Debbye Turner Bell is a veterinarian, author, journalist, corporate trainer, minister, motivational speaker, wife, and mother. In August 2021, she also added bestselling author with the book, “Courageous Faith: A Lifelong Pursuit of Faith Over Fear.” 

Turner Bell enjoyed a long career in broadcast journalism. She served as the lead U.S. news anchor for Arise News, a global cable news network from 2013 to 2016. She hosted a daily evening news broadcast called “Arise America”. Currently, she can be seen as an expert contributor to the show DOGS 101 on Animal Planet. For 11 years, Turner Bell was a staff correspondent for CBS News starting in 2001.

Since being crowned Miss America in 1990, Turner Bell has spoken to millions of students at countless schools, youth organizations and college campuses. She has addressed audiences in the corporate, academic, and community service arenas. Her topics include personal excellence, determination, goal setting and the importance of a solid education. Turner Bell’s beliefs reflect her own life-lessons – it took seven years and eleven tries in two states before she was crowned Miss America.

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

01:34 Debbye’s background and life story

04:47 Key factors for Debbye’s success

08:04 Building rapport is the key to powerful communication

11:05 Matching body language

14:36 Nonverbal communication

17:29 Contradictory nonverbal cues

19:21 Keep your audience in mind

20:27 Be a strong listener

21:48 Active listening

26:20 Backtrack, Clarify, and Summarize

28:11 Empathetic listening

29:52 Storytelling

35:05 Structuring stories

41:06 Giving feedback

43:44 Key insights

46:02 Conclusion