Charisma Revealed Through its Effects
I’ve blogged a number of times about charisma, how it’s not something you’re born with, but rather a learned skill. ...
Size Does Matter for Public Speakers
I recently came across a study which indirectly confirmed the importance of height to public speakers. An anthropologist studied children of ...
Oprah for President? 5 Takeaways from her Golden Globes Acceptance Speech
As you’ve probably heard by now, last night Oprah Winfrey (not that she needs the last name; she’s Oprah to ...
How to Become an Intentional Communicator
When I work on high-stakes communications, with professional speakers, or top-level executives, I coach them to do the hard work ...
Why Speakers Need to Take Charge of Their Posture
I saw a study recently that confirmed something important about how people enter a room, shake a hand in greeting, ...
Public speaking and emotional intelligence
Daniel Goleman’s brilliant 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence, gathered and synthesized some research about what it takes for people to get ...
When is it OK to swear in public?
Recently, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand swore during a speech at the Personal Democracy Forum at New York University. She said, “If ...
Why You Need to Pitch Your Voice Lower
Back in the mid- or early nineties, I was videotaped for the first time, doing some media work for my ...
Why Speakers Need to Worry About Sleep
Back in the day when I taught public speaking at Princeton, one of the bits of bad news the students ...
What if Donald Trump Were a Woman?
What is the role of gender in public speaking? It’s an incredibly complex question, and one about which I’ve posted ...
