Is your non-verbal ‘conversation’ helping or hurting your career?
How are you showing up? Is your non-verbal 'conversation' helping or hurting your career? My partner and I worked with ...
Penn and Teller and the Happy Feet problem
I have a secret fondness for magic acts – the professional ones. Acts like Penn and Teller. So I was ...
20 body language myths debunked
Thanks to Suzanne Smith, who sent a very interesting list of 20 “defensive” and “positive and powerful” body language tips. ...
Who’s the most powerful person in the room?
Sociologists Stanford Gregory and Stephen Webster of Kent State University conducted some fascinating research into the question of leadership at ...
Can you present sitting down?
Many clients ask me if they can present sitting down. It's a natural question -- it feels more collegial, and ...
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 ...
3 ways Improv can strengthen your public speaking
One of the best ways you can train to become a better public speaker is to take a year of ...
The Four Essential Elements of Open Language
I often blog on the importance of open body language in giving a presentation. But no less important is openness ...
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 ...
Why is most public speaking so awful?
Why is most public speaking so awful? Why do we subject our fellow human beings to this form of torture ...
