How to Use A Key Learning Technique to Make Speeches Better
The “spacing effect,” first discovered by psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus in the late 1800s, shows that we learn new material best ...
The 5 Most Common Speaker Prep Mistakes
What are the mistakes that speakers make over and over again when preparing their speech content? Here are the 5 ...
New Year’s Resolutions for Speakers, 2022
Having just crawled through the wreckage of a year in which our hopes for a return to normalcy – even ...
My 14-Year Anniversary Blog Post, or, Why You Need to Rehearse Your Zoom Presentations
I have been blogging for 14 years. That’s extraordinary, if I do say so, not the least because no one ...
A New Alternative to Slide-deck Preparation
When I ask people what they do to prepare a speech or presentation, the most common answer is, ‘pull a ...
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 ...
Is Storytelling Dangerous?
What is the role of storytelling in our world today? Stories are what people hang on to in order to ...
Find Your Red Thread, with Tamsen Webster
Tamsen Webster is my favorite other speaking coach. I love how Tamsen’s work focuses on making the idea behind the ...
Is the Pandemic Too Serious for Humor?
Tammy Miller is a Past International Director and Accredited Speaker of Toastmasters International and a member of the PA Auctioneers ...
New Year’s Resolutions for Speakers – 2021
We’ve spiraled into a new year without the benefit of all those parties we used to go to in person, ...
