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 ...
JOQ S3 E13: Nick chats with neuroscience speaker Graham Lutz about the importance of making mistakes
In this episode of JOQ Nick and graham have a fun but important conversation about why we need ...
Nick speaks with researcher Stephen Turban about doing stand up comedy in Vietnamese
Nick speaks with an old friend Stephen Turban who is running a company in Vietnam....and doing stand up ...
How to Interact with Audiences – Part 1.
One of the consistent surprises for me in the keynote speaking world has been the reluctance of speakers to engage ...
