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, ...
How to Change Minds with a Speech
What’s the best way to prepare people for change? This question is one that we speakers often ask ourselves, more ...
Memory, Virtual Speaking, and Covid-19
I’ve been thinking and researching about memory lately, because I’m curious to see how our learning abilities (of which memory ...
Can your Ideas Be Translated into other Languages?
Have you ever wondered whether the meanings of concepts behind words are similar from one culture to another? In other ...
Karen Gross, Singer-Speechwriter
Regular readers of this blog will know that I believe the essence of successful speaking resides in the voice. Without ...
What Are the Chapters in a Change Journey?
At a recent conference, I was asked to talk about change – on short notice. The forcing function turned out ...
