SBA, Financial Times and Liminal Group Offer Free Online Communications Seminar for...

SBA, Financial Times and Liminal Group Offer Free Online Communications
Seminar for Business Owners

WASHINGTON, April 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An hour-long Internet coaching
session aimed at sharpening communications skills for business owners will be
presented by Granville Toogood, a former network news producer for NBC and ABC
on April 24, from 11 a.m. to noon. The free seminar is sponsored by the U.S.
Small Business Administration, Financial Times newspaper and Liminal Group, a
company co-founded by Toogood.

During the "Leadership Communications" coaching session, broadcast live from
New York, Toogood will present tips on speaking effectively with employees,
customers, bankers and colleagues at any venue, from a boardroom to a stage in
front of a large audience. Demonstrations on steering a meeting and
negotiating deals, inspiring employees, and speaking with confidence will be
presented during the session.

"Developing the ability to stay on message and convince an audience -- be it
one customer or a room full of potential investors -- is a skill business
owners must cultivate in order to succeed," said SBA Administrator Steve
Preston. "This seminar will provide another useful tool for entrepreneurs
interested in improving their skills."

For more information about the event and registration, call 212-546-4625 or
visit http://www.liminalgroup.com/lim_webseminar/index.php?dc=sbapress.

Toogood has coached executives and managers from Deloitte & Touche, Morgan
Stanley, Swiss Bank, Northrop Grumman, the New York Stock Exchange, and
CitiGroup. A former reporter for Life magazine, Toogood has written several
bestselling books on leadership and business communications.

The Financial Times is recognized as one of the world's' leading business
publications, with a readership of 1.3 million people in over 110 countries.

Co-founded by Toogood in 2003, the Liminal group is a partnership of executive
coaches and organizational consultants helping individuals and corporations
position themselves as leaders in their industries.

SOURCE U.S. Small Business Administration

Carol Chastang of U.S. Small Business Administration, +1-202-205-6987