From Kim Bearden, cofounder of Ron Clark Academy and author of the bestselling book Crash Course: The Life Lessons My Students Taught Me comes a powerful guide for improving communication and building better relationships.

Whether you are a teacher, administrator, parent, or professional, chances are, you struggle at times to find the right words. Talk to Me gives you those words. In this instructional and inspirational handbook, you’ll learn how to choose words that inspire, encourage, and move people to action. Kim Bearden’s honest reflections and six effective communication principles will empower you to . . .

  • develop rapport
  • gain respect
  • support others
  • engage listeners
  • develop insight
  • increase productivity

In a world desperate for kindness and understanding, Talk to Me equips you to use your words to show others that you care.  

Also by Kim Bearden

Crash Course: The Life Lessons My Students Taught

The inspiring true story of a teacher’s experiences with her students and the life lessons she learned that can help others find joy and success.

Crash Course chronicles the life lessons that Kim Bearden has learned during an award-winning career in education that has spanned three decades. Kim has taught more than 2,000 students, and each has shown her something about the world and the abundant capacity for love, resilience, and appreciation that we all possess. By sharing her students’ stories, she teaches read more