Bad Rules Never Seem to Die: the 5 Worst Ideas in Public Speaking
I first published this blog post 3 years ago, and I’m sorry to say I still see people following these ...
I first published this blog post 3 years ago, and I’m sorry to say I still see people following these ...
I chanced to hear a song from 1968 the other day created by the slightly twisted genius Frank Zappa: “What’s ...
What is the role of emotion in public speaking? We have all seen speeches that seared their audiences with emotion ...
Let’s imagine for a moment that you’re ill and you go to the doctor. You get into the examination room, ...
Rehearsal is a practice more honored in the breach than the occurrence, and it should be the other way around. ...
One of the clichés I hear all the time in defense of slides, or in support of adding something visual ...
Some people say “like” and “you know,” so often that you want to strangle them. Others say “um” often and ...
I spend a fair amount of time these days as a communication coach helping people prepare for TED speeches. Even ...
How to prepare for that big presentation? It’s at once an intellectual, emotional, and kinesthetic activity. It has a lot of ...
Good actors come on stage, deliver their lines, and leave. Great actors take the stage. Great speakers need to do ...