Public Speaking: Nature or Nurture?
The long-running debate on how much of our individual variation as humans is due to our genetic heritage and how ...
A Neuroscientific Revolution?
Thomas Kuhn, in his book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, argued that science proceeds in fits and starts. Scientists believe ...
What creates a charismatic voice?
When we talk about charisma anecdotally, it’s often to say something like, “I couldn’t take my eyes off him/her.” Charisma ...
Why You Need to Gesture on Zoom
What are gestures really for? When we speak, most of us wave our hands around in ways that we don’t ...
How to Make Your Fear of Public Speaking Work for You
Our thoughts are unruly children, aren’t they? They go where they want, show up when they want, and distract us ...
Can You Improve Your Speaking Voice?
Q and A with Debra Cancro, CEO VoiceVibes As a speaker coach, I spend a lot of time listening to ...
Making Video Conferences Work for You
This post is part of a continuing, occasional series about making virtual communications better. I’ve been talking to many organizations ...
Three Keys to Beginning a Successful Virtual Speech
I’m getting constant questions about how to make the virtual speaking experience as good as the face-to-face. The quick answer, ...
How Speakers Need to Take Care of their Voices – A Q and A with an Expert Voice Teacher
Jessica Cooper began her professional career as a musician in Boston in 2000. She has appeared with many of the ...
Body Language Takeaways from the First Debate of the Fall, 2020
Let’s dispense with the obvious first: this deeply dispiriting exchange was neither a debate nor a conversation nor even a ...
