Can You Use Jungian Archetypes to Create a Great Speech?
It has been a while since I talked about archetypes, but I was thinking about them lately because of a ...
To End All Wars
This is the second of an occasional series on storytelling. As I headed off to college at 17, I was ...
Speakers Need to Pick the Right Colors!
Speakers can use the emerging science of color to enhances effects during their speeches and produce stronger impressions on their ...
Which is more important – authenticity or charisma?
Which is more important to you – authenticity or charisma? Do you perhaps yearn for charisma and settle for authenticity? ...
Presenting to the Executive Team? Here’s What to Think About – Part 3
This is the third of a three-part series on presenting to the executive team. During the pandemic, I worked with ...
Are You a Powerful Speaker or Executive?
How do you feel about powerful people? Are you powerful yourself, or do you wish you were? What do you ...
Four Commitments Audiences Want from their Speakers
In my ongoing occasional series on the persona that a speaker presents to the audiences she addresses, I’ve talked about ...
Are You Taking up Your Full Space?
It used to be a truism of body language studies that alpha males asserted their status by taking up more ...
What’s Your Speaker Persona?
One of my favorite activities to work on with speakers is developing their persona. Speakers rarely get to that point ...
The Secret of a Successful VC Pitch
How do you give a successful VC pitch? A recent study suggests what determines success, and indeed what allows subjects watching VC ...
