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EPISODE · Aug 23, 2025 · 20 MIN

How to be Brief With Your Brag

from The Sage Sayers · host Debbi Gardiner McCullough

Requests for updates on our work can startle and befuddle us as communicators. Much pressure exists: We must be brief, clear, and on point with what the requester of information needs and wants. Communications strategy and self awareness on why we feel unconfident in that moment helps. This week’s episode shares all of that, including a framework for getting in and out of your update in a minute or less, and with reasonable specifics within. Wanting more tips and strategies on self promotion, brevity, and staying humble and confident? Join my Sept 9-12 Maven workshop, Brag Anyway. Move your one-liner and bios from basic to powerful in 7 hours. Write to me at [email protected] for a 50% off discount code. Put “Brag Anyway 50 off” in the subject line. 

Requests for updates on our work can startle and befuddle us as communicators. Much pressure exists: We must be brief, clear, and on point with what the requester of information needs and wants. Communications strategy and self awareness on why we feel unconfident in that moment helps. This week’s episode shares all of that, including a framework for getting in and out of your update in a minute or less, and with reasonable specifics within. Wanting more tips and strategies on sel...

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