The basic principles of nonverbal communication – 4
Principle IV: Decision making is largely an emotional, and therefore a nonverbal, process. We’ve had an idea for a long ...
The basic principles of nonverbal communication – 2
Principle II: We interpret body language unconsciously in terms of intent. Recent brain research has turned our common-sense relationship to ...
The Future of Conferences – Part One: Do We Still Need Conferences?
I’m starting a series of blogs on the future of conferences. Last year was a difficult one for the ...
Put your unconscious mind to work to become a better public speaker
We’ve evolved to have some extraordinary skills. Chief among them is a whole battery of brain cells and autonomic functions ...
Put your unconscious mind to work to become a better public speaker
We’ve evolved to have some extraordinary skills. Chief among them is a whole battery of brain cells and autonomic functions ...
Personal power and body language – part 7 in decoding body language
The story of power in a room is written in space and height. It’s not very different from what pack ...
3 Reasons to Rehearse a Presentation
Is rehearsal important? Can you get by without it in an over-scheduled world? It’s odd that I should even have ...
The 3 most powerful ways to increase your personal charisma
In this information-saturated, attention-deprived age, your message has to be sharp and vital to stick in the minds of your ...
The 5 worst (and widespread) rules about public speaking
We work with clients all the time who have absorbed rules from somewhere about public speaking. Usually those rules are ...
What research on play can tell us about public speaking
Pity poor Stuart Brown, who runs the National Institute for Play. His job – and his passion – is to ...
