What Do Instruction Manuals Have to Do with Public Speaking?
I’m sure you’ve noticed: one of the casualties of our speeded-up existence has been the death of real instruction manuals. ...
How to Ace the Q and A
I’ve seen many speakers give a great speech only to lose the audience through fumbles during the Q and A. ...
I Have Seen the Future and It Is Video
As an author of (mostly) written words, I’ve of course noticed that the sentient world is becoming increasingly video-based. At ...
What’s the Single Most Important Key to a Successful Speech?
What makes for a successful speech? The truth is that it’s a complex mixture of art and science, intellect and ...
How Speakers Need to Forget
Starting this week I'm going to one post a week, for the summer. That way we can all take a ...
Audience Participation and Rodrigo y Gabriela
Last week I was off on another busman’s holiday. I learned at the last minute that Rodrigo y Gabriela were ...
How Good a Speaker Is Joe Biden?
Thanks to the persuasive powers of David Meerman Scott, I decided to take a work day to attend a Vice-President ...
You’re One in a Million – How do You Stand Out?
You’re one of a million speakers. How do you stand out? Let’s say you’re appearing at one of those enormous, ...
What Can a Symphony Orchestra Conductor Teach Us About Public Speaking?
Having just moved to a new town, I suddenly appreciate anew Einstein’s most brilliant thinking. It wasn’t the General Theory ...
When Body Language Is, and Isn’t, Effective
The most important thing to understand about body language is that we humans don't care about it. Now, of course, ...
