How to Achieve Breakthroughs in Performance
I was fortunate, recently, to chat with the inimitable Cathy Salit, consultant, CEO, former actor and singer, high-school dropout, and ...
Ah – Is Umming a Bad Thing?
I once had to follow a speech by the famous sexologist Doctor Ruth. In fact, I was in her audience, ...
Why Going Viral May Be the Worst Thing That Happens to Your Business
The dream of the modern marketer is the viral video, or Internet sensation, or meme. Once you’ve got that, you ...
When Is It OK for a Speaker to Yell at an Audience?
When is it OK for a speaker to upbraid an audience? A frequent reader of this blog sent me this ...
A Speaker’s — and Audience’s — Bill of Rights
We don’t have a speaker’s bill of rights, or an audience’s for that matter. But one day recently, after witnessing ...
The Seven Keys to Successful Public Speaking, 2016
What does it take to create a successful speech – and a successful speaking career -- in 2016? The rules ...
The Extraordinary Caleb Maddix, Entrepreneur
Every now and then a story comes along that’s simply too good to pass up. I blog about the hard ...
Seth Godin, Front Row Culture, and High School Holdovers
I’m a huge fan of Seth Godin’s amazing blog and I was fascinated to read his commentary recently on the ...
How to Speak Up Without Freaking Out
Anxiety about public speaking is a near-universal feeling. And so books that focus on helping people deal with that anxiety ...
The Only Reason to Give a Speech
“What exactly do you mean, ‘the only reason to give a speech is to change the world?’” That comment greeted ...
