The Three Tasks of a Public Speaker
The work of a public speaker is never done. You can never complete your expertise – true knowledge of a ...
The Public Speaking Secrets of Comedians
I ran across David Nihill the other day when he sent me his book and begged me with tears in ...
How to help your audience remember what you say
Our memories are not as good as even the most pessimistic of us fear they are, alas. That has disturbing implications ...
Here’s how to handle a problem most speakers face
You’re a speaker. You’re going to give the morning keynote speech at 9:00 AM at a top conference with an ...
How to Give an Impromptu Speech
A client and friend asked me the other day about impromptu speeches. His question, basically, was, to give consistently good ...
What Will Corporate Storytelling Look Like in 2015?
I’m not going to make communications predictions this year, because my crystal ball is cloudy, and 2015 in any case ...
What John Lewis Can Teach Speakers About Storytelling and Emotion
Speakers often struggle with how to get the emotion they know they need to move audiences into a speech. Perhaps ...
On Being Brief
Attention spans are shrinking. ADD and ADHD is on the rise – they say. People are overloaded with information. Keynote ...
The Greatest American Speech Ever?
Speeches, like flowers, are a moment’s monument. They exist most powerfully for a specific audience, a specific speaker, and a ...
The Difference Between Liberal and Conservative Audiences
Most countries have a political spectrum that divides along conservative v liberal lines. In the US, it’s the Republicans v ...
