The secret of connecting with an audience: closeness
How do you connect strongly with an audience? In a way most speakers don’t think about, don’t understand, and so, ...
What can you get an audience to do?
A speaker asks a lot of an audience. Understanding, enthusiasm, support -- and inactivity. Audiences are expected to be passive ...
Authenticity – 4: 5 ways to listen to your audience
This is the last in a series of blogs on achieving authenticity in public communications. Authenticity is the sine qua ...
Authenticity – 2: 8 ways to connect with audiences
This is the second of a series of blogs on achieving authenticity in public communications. Authenticity is the sine qua ...
Achieving Authenticity – 1 – Openness
I’m going to do a series of blogs on achieving authenticity in public communications. Authenticity is the sine qua non ...
Can a weak speaker with a great message hold an audience?
Can a weak speaker with a great message hold an audience? That’s the question that a speaker like Ray Anderson ...
How to interact with an audience — 7 questions to get you started
Audiences today expect to have a conversation with speakers, and they crave real connection with successful speakers. The best way ...
How to establish trust and credibility with an audience — and why
There was a study done a few years back that asked audiences what they looked for in a speaker. What ...
Speech triage — 5 questions to ask yourself to prepare a presentation quickly
Here’s a quick and effective method for preparing a presentation when you're under the gun and can't spend a lot ...
4 Steps to Authenticity and Charisma
For my blog today, I'm posting a video blog. At under 2 minutes, it's a quick 'read'. Enjoy! http://tinyurl.com/cnyhzz
