What creates a charismatic voice?
When we talk about charisma anecdotally, it’s often to say something like, “I couldn’t take my eyes off him/her.” Charisma ...
The Dangers of Faulty Thinking
I took part in a logic training course years ago, an extra-curricular course designed to make better debaters of us ...
Do You Want the Bad News or the Good News First? How Neuroscience Can Help Us Be Better Speakers
Neuroscientists are now able to tell us startlingly specific things about how our brains work. Recent research details ways to ...
How to Make Your Fear of Public Speaking Work for You
Our thoughts are unruly children, aren’t they? They go where they want, show up when they want, and distract us ...
How to Use Memory to Help with Stage Fright
We know from a good deal of research on memory how unreliable it is, partly because retrieving a memory is ...
Three Keys to Beginning a Successful Virtual Speech
I’m getting constant questions about how to make the virtual speaking experience as good as the face-to-face. The quick answer, ...
How Speakers Need to Take Care of their Voices – A Q and A with an Expert Voice Teacher
Jessica Cooper began her professional career as a musician in Boston in 2000. She has appeared with many of the ...
Body Language Takeaways from the First Debate of the Fall, 2020
Let’s dispense with the obvious first: this deeply dispiriting exchange was neither a debate nor a conversation nor even a ...
Learning the Craft of Charisma
Which is more important to you – authenticity or charisma? Do you perhaps yearn for charisma and settle for authenticity? ...
What’s One Thing that’s Better on Zoom?
Heidi Webb is here to talk about life on lockdown for a mediator. As they say on the Internet, her ...
