Are You Afraid to Speak Your Mind?
Are Americans afraid to speak their minds? According to a recent study, the ‘land of the free and the home ...
What makes a good introduction?
A good introduction is essential to get a speaker off to a good start. The tendency for event hosts to ...
Speakers, Do You Know Your Audience?
When we think about our audiences as speakers, we think about their demographics, or the industry they are in, or ...
A Counter-Intuitive Way to Deal with Stage Fright
I was instructing the mid-career executives on “Persuasion and Influence” recently at Harvard’s Division of Continuing Education, and I was ...
Keynote Speakers – Don’t Neglect Q and A!
If you are a keynote speaker, you may often be asked to spend the last 15 minutes or so of ...
Nick talks to tech pioneer Scott Klososky who helps to reframe our thinking about AI
Scott Klososky is a tech pioneer, having participated in several start ups including Alkami Technology, which went public ...
Speakers Need Community!
In this post I want to address directly a tribe of people that don’t always know they are part of ...
Nick talks to brand strategist Kristen Hartnagel about how to build a speaker brand
Kristen Hartnagel is a professional speaker, a brand strategist with Brand Builders Group, and a personal coach. How ...
What Should You Do About Filler Words and Sounds?
In this blog post I’m delighted to talk to teammate Jessica Cooper, who helps both speakers and singers develop strong, ...
Do Boomers Really Exist? What About Millennials?
Are there real differences between the generations, and do we need to treat Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, and Boomers ...
