Being able to negotiate, influence, engage, convince, and persuade others is how things get done in organizations — and how organizations decide what's worth doing at all.
The difficulty is that while Lawlor is a superb puppeteer and puppet-maker, her own stage presence is shy and girlish, and in that crucial first section she does not engage nor convince.
Polling by the ERS showed that the intervention of high-profile political figures in the campaign "largely failed to engage or convince voters to their side, with many voters appearing switched off by the usual suspects".
Challenging the expectation that change happens automatically and punctually is essential if we are to keep new campaigners motivated, politically engaged, and convinced of their ability to make a difference.
All partners accept the fact that it is pre-competitive collaboration and even if the collaboration model creates a business case for some organization I think most of the organizations engaged, are convinced that they create an entity, a facility that is of the long term benefit of the whole industry".
The state public authorities have failed to engage or convince them.
There's an opposite trend in this area, too: instead of engaging, persuading, and convincing outside shareholders, some managers have arranged things so that they can take money from them without ceding them control.
By partnering with community-based arts and economic development groups in each neighborhood, we were able to effectively engage property owners, convincing them that putting art in their storefront would not only beautify the area, but potentially help lease their space as well.
Avoid this error by genuinely engaging with your audience, convincing them of your expertise and offering value, rather than just selling.
Soprano Byström impresses with the three vastly different facets of Jenufa's personality: she takes Jenufa from the young, spoiled village beauty to the fragile, devastated new mother, to the mature bride who has seen all and forgiven all--every facet utterly convincing and engaging.
