The 5 Most Common Speaker Prep Mistakes
What are the mistakes that speakers make over and over again when preparing their speech content? Here are the 5 ...
What are the mistakes that speakers make over and over again when preparing their speech content? Here are the 5 ...
I frequently encounter several misunderstandings about the brain on the speaking circuit that lead, arguably, to less effective speeches. So, ...
We are all above average. At least, the studies show that most of us think we are above average. This ...
The human brain is a much more powerful learning machine than we think. A recent study (Buch et al., 2021) ...
What is the role of storytelling in our world today? Stories are what people hang on to in order to ...
Attention spans are widely misapplied, misused, and misunderstood. The classic attention span research established that college students could pay attention ...
What’s the best way to prepare people for change? This question is one that we speakers often ask ourselves, more ...
Dave Carroll is a singer-songwriter-storytelling par excellence. His wit and his close observation of modern life led to "United Breaks Guitars" (scroll ...
At a recent conference, I was asked to talk about change – on short notice. The forcing function turned out ...
Every year Toastmasters runs a contest for the best 5 – 7-minute speech in the world. Something like 30,000 people ...