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Peggy Bud is a TEDx speaker, author,  and communication expert. As the founder of Speaking Skillfully, she provides customized communication coaching for business leaders and parents. She helps her clients effectively communicate, bridge the communication divide, and work collaboratively with colleagues and clients.

As a trainer, Peggy teaches written, verbal, and non-verbal communication skills, perspective taking, and active listening. She collaborates with leaders to hone and refine their effective communication skills and cultivate their ability to have deep conversations. She teaches clients how to foster meaningful connections with customers and colleagues and build teams where everyone is instrumental in reaching favorable outcomes. Her clients come from a variety of businesses: medical, legal, financial, insurance, engineering, marketing, media, and education.

In addition to coaching business professionals, Peggy is the co-author of Navigating Special Education, The Power of Building Positive Parent Educator Partnerships. She created a communication framework, the 5-C Model of Communication, which ensures everyone has a voice at a meeting. She assists families in navigating the education process and facilitates conversations between parents and teachers that put the child at the center of the conversation. Her TEDx talk, Redefining the Parent-Teacher Relationship, highlights the importance of creating strong parent-educator partnerships to ensure student success. She also trains and coaches educators on best practices and the importance of working collaboratively with families.

Peggy has a Bachelor of Science from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana and a Master of Science and a 6^th year Certificate in Educational Leadership from Southern Connecticut State University. She is a licensed Speech/Language Pathologist and School Administrator.

Communication isn’t an innate skill and needs to be honed and practiced. Effective Communication is a powerful tool; directly impacting the bottom line. Ineffective Communication can be a business or individual’s biggest downfall.

Peggy’s areas of expertise as a speaker and trainer include Conversations Lead to Consensus;  Bridging the Gender and Generational Divide; Managing Workplace Conflict; The Art of Listening; Attributes of Effective Communication, Upping Your Professional Image Virtually, and The Dos and Don’ts of Video Conferencing and Virtual Leadership. She has spoken at National Conferences, Women’s Summits, Rotary Clubs and Libraries.

In addition to blogging, she has written policies and procedures, educational materials, and children’s books and stories. Her motto is “It’s more than what you say; it’s how you say it.” 

Peggy serves on the Board of Directors of The Bridge Academy, a public charter school in Bridgeport, Connecticut and Earthplace, a Nature Preserve where science, conservation and education meet in Westport, Connecticut. She is also the Director of Recruitment for The Financial Executives Consulting Group.

LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/peggy-bud-8404b524/

www.NavigatingSpecialEducation.com