More Public Speaking Fear – and What to Do About It
I’ve been remiss as a blogger not to have talked about one of my favorite fellow toilers in the craft ...
The Uselessness of Speaker Ratings
One of the unfair realities of the professional speaking business is that celebrities get a pass when it comes time ...
Why Do We Have Eyebrows?
When you’re talking anthropogeny, it can be hard to tease out cause and effect. Did we humans evolve a bigger ...
What’s Wrong with Virtual Communication, Part 2
Virtual relationships are more fragile and easily disrupted because they all lack the unconscious connections our face-to-face interactions automatically convey. ...
Do You Have What It Takes to Become a Thought Leader?
I often get asked about how you can launch a career as a thought leader. Rather than keep the discussion ...
Two New Business Stories for Corporate Communicators
According the most recent Gallup numbers I could find, American businesses rank about equally with Congress in trust, well below the ...
The Olympics, Failure, and Public Speaking
If you’re a public speaker, sooner or later you’re going to have to learn to deal with failure. A presentation ...
Is Storytelling Important?
How important is storytelling? Is it essential in some way to the human endeavor, or is it simply nice to ...
What Should a Speaker Wear – 2018 Update
It’s time for the 2018 update on what a speaker should wear for an important speech. And they’re all important, ...
Corporate Communications and the Problem with GE
Pity poor GE and new CEO John Flannery. Its great reputation is tarnished. Its stock price has tanked. And its ...
