The first time
The first time you give a speech is exciting, unnerving, and inevitably filled with an awkward moment or two. In ...
Steve Jobs’ Inauthentic Press Conference
For my blog today I'm linking to a piece I did for HBR.org on Steve Jobs' Friday press conference. The ...
A speaker scam?
A good friend of ours at Public Words, a successful public speaker, recently received a speaking inquiry from a prestigious ...
Does public speaking terrify you? Here’s what to do about it.
I get asked a great deal about anxiety, fear, nerves, nervousness, butterflies, panic attacks, terror – about public speaking. A ...
Every communication is two conversations – ignore the second at your peril.
Every face-to-face communication is two conversations, the content and the body language. Most of us spend a great deal of ...
How does a sure-fire, no-miss, grade-A speech go horribly wrong? The anatomy of a terrible speech.
Mena Trott, together with her husband, founded Six Apart, the company that created TypePad, the blogging platform this blog and ...
The Top 10 List of Speakers Audience Abuse
Based on actual events. Don’t try these on your audiences. Please feel free to nominate the worst cases of audience ...
What should a leader say in times of tragedy? – Part 2
I've revised my blog from yesterday to reflect President Obama's remarks today at the Fort Hood memorial service: ...
What should a leader say in times of tragedy?
The recent tragedy at Fort Hood prompted President Obama to modify previously scheduled comments to a Native American group in ...
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 ...
