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Erik Palmer is an author and consultant from Colorado. In his previous careers, he spent time as a floor trader on a Chicago commodity exchange and managed a commodity trading office for a major Chicago brokerage firm, becoming the company’s national sales leader. Palmer moved into the classroom and became an educator. He was the teacher of the year in one of the nation’s top school districts. Now in his third career, Palmer brings his unique experiences to his work as a consultant, speaker, and author. He is a frequent keynote speaker at conferences for educators, educational leaders, and training professionals. He has led workshops across the United States and around the world. Palmer focuses on communication skills. He shows adults how to communicate well in business and social situations with an emphasis on teaching leaders how to become more effective speakers.Palmer’s most recent book is Own Any Occasion: Mastering the Art of Speaking & Presenting. Other book include Well-Spoken: Teaching Speaking to All Students; Digitally Speaking: How to Improve Student Presentations with Technology; Teaching the Core Skills of Listening & Speaking; Researching in a Digital World; and Good Thinking: Teaching Argument, Persuasion, and Reasoning. Palmer is a program consultant on Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Into Reading and Into Literature language arts programs.You can follow Erik on Twitter (@erik_palmer) or contact him through his website www.OwnAnyOccasion.com.

Erik Palmer

March 2020  - TD Magazine

Becoming Multifaceted Is a Key to Career Advancement

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Code Switching: It's Not Always Proper to Speak Properly

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It’s All About the Audience!

November 2025 - TD Magazine

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Great Leaders Speak Well

What people say—learners and trainers—may not be what they mean. Always be vigilant about listening for clues that reveal the hidden meaning. Learn to listen between the lines.

Listening Between the Lines

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Target your soft skills training and have a more powerful impact by determining what piece of which skill is crucial for the organization and for a specific job.

Targeted Soft Skills Training

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