How to Change Someone’s Mind
How do you change someone’s mind? Your first reaction, in this polarized era, might understandably be ‘you don’t’. Especially on ...
Is the Hybrid Workplace Working?
Remember Zoom fatigue? Perhaps it’s only a distant memory now as you’ve returned from the pandemic to a full in-person ...
How Do Our Brains Really Communicate?
Some recent research on how our brains work overturns previous thinking about the mind, with implications for how we communicate ...
Why Do We Deny the Facts? And What Can We Do About That?
If you ask most people, they will tell you that human cooperation, from politics to simple daily interactions in the ...
What’s in Store for 2023? My Predictions for Public Speakers
I’ve occasionally made predictions for the new year in public speaking. When I went back to check on recent years, ...
What Should a Speaker Wear in 2023?
What should a speaker wear in 2023? As we continue to emerge from the pandemic and find our way back ...
Don’t Coddle Your Audience!
We coddle our audiences too much. The only reason to give a speech is to change the world. To change ...
What Are the Trends in Speaking Right Now?
What do audiences want to hear from speakers, coming out of the pandemic (if in fact we are finally emerging)? ...
Where Are All the Speaking Gigs?
I’ve been struck recently by a number of conversations with insiders in the speaking world. Over and over again what ...
A Tribute to Maria Popova and the Marginalian – Part 3
This is the third of three articles inspired by The Marginalian. One of the glories of the Internet is Maria ...
