The Five Ways to an Audience’s Heart
The Ancient Greeks and Romans thought hard about the purposes of public speaking. In fact, one story has it that ...
Real Storytelling – A Few Secrets
Most speakers pay lip service to storytelling, but what they really do is relay pieces of stories, anecdotes, or name-dropping ...
Five Ways to Strengthen Your Public Speaking Career
If you’re a speaking pro, you will have noticed that the competition is getting tougher every year. If you speak ...
Five Quick Ways to Strengthen Your Speech
Are you working on a speech or presentation that just seems to lack that little bit extra that will make ...
Where Did that Idea Come from?
Which of these two statements do you believe to be true? (1) Originality of thought is essential to my career. ...
What’s Missing from Virtual Communication (part 2)?
My Grandma, when she was alive, loved to talk about her first trip to Europe as a young ingénue. It ...
Three quick tips for improving your connection with your audience
I posted the last time on the importance of the voice for an empathetic connection with your audience. Of course, ...
The Problem with Email
When email first worked its way into most workplaces, it was part of a dedicated system, a set of interconnected ...
How Long Is That Pesky Attention Span Thing?
There’s an urban myth doing the rounds that goes something like this: recent studies suggest that our attention spans have ...
The Eight Worst Ways to Start a Speech
Every year about now, the conference season kicks into gear and I hear -- and coach -- speeches and speakers ...
