background & EXPERTISE

Business expertise and energy you need to get the results you value

Experience Drives Significant Results

  • Over 20 years as a broadcaster and journalist
  • CEO of onPoint Communication, a leadership, communication and media training company
  • Represented more than 50 companies as a media spokesperson
  • Author and co-author of five books dealing with communication and leadership

Honors and Awards Connie has Received

  • Multiple Emmy® and Telly® award wins
  • Among the few women inducted to the Radio/Television Broadcasters Hall of Fame
  • 2007 Leadership Ohio Think Tank Award
  • 2006 NAWBO Top Ten Women Business Owners Award
  • National Speaker's Association CSP Award

Connie Dieken is a trusted executive coach and advisor to the many influential executives who run the world's most trusted brands.

As an Emmy award-winning broadcaster and CEO of onPoint Communication, a leading leadership, communication and media training company, Connie brings her business experience and savvy to every coaching and speaking engagement.

February 12, 2012

Influencer of the Week: Your Voice

In a week that's featured the return of Adele's powerfully emotional voice, the silencing of Whitney Houston's soaring vocals, and the imminent finale of Glen Campbell's crooning to Alzheimer's disease, I feel compelled to share this this truth: Use your voice. It's the center of your influence. Ever lost your voice? I've been silenced by a case of full blown laryngitis this week and am under doctor's orders to stay completely silent for 48 hours. No talking. No whispering. Not so much as a gentle throat clearing. You'd be surprised at how much you learn about your ability to influence when you're suddenly silent – and what others imply by your stillness.

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February 05, 2012

Influencer of the Week: Cancer-Conquering Super Bowl Sensation

The All American linebacker with the crazy face paint – that's how Mark Herzlich was defined during his stellar football career at Boston College. Then came cancer. Doctors hoped to redefine the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year as Mark Herzlich, cancer survivor. Finished with football, yet alive and well. But Mark disagreed. He had a goal. Always ambitious, he was still determined to become Mark Herzlich, NFL linebacker.

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Talk Less, Tweet More

@ConnieDieken: Talk Tip: Create a high signal to noise ratio. Don't let your takeaways get drowned out with noise.

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