3 Reasons to Rehearse a Presentation
Is rehearsal important? Can you get by without it in an over-scheduled world? It’s odd that I should even have ...
The 5 worst (and widespread) rules about public speaking
We work with clients all the time who have absorbed rules from somewhere about public speaking. Usually those rules are ...
Is an introduction important?
Why do speakers need introductions? They’re often badly done – a hapless VP of Something has a piece of paper ...
Back to basics — 7
In the end, it all comes down to the audience. A standard communications model looks like this: sender – receiver ...
Back to basics — 6
The secret to successful public speaking is to have a good time. That’s the zen insight into the performance art ...
Back to basics — 5
You must rehearse in order to give a good presentation. If you don’t rehearse, your body language will give you ...
Back to basics — 4
Every communication is two conversations, the verbal (the content) and the non-verbal (the body language). When the two are aligned, ...
Back to basics — 3
Aristotle made a famous distinction among kinds of speeches. He said speeches could be persuasive, informational, or decorative. It’s a ...
Back to basics — 2
At the heart of any successful speech is passion. To be sure, there are lots of other elements that become ...
Back to basics — 1
I’m going to do a series of blogs on the basics of public speaking in honor of the Fall, the ...
