Embarrassed about being embarrassed? Don’t be. Embrace your humanity.
Dacher Keltner studies embarrassment, that moment when you feel, as he says, in a recent interview in the Boston Globe, ...
Top Ten Reasons for Public Speakers to be Thankful
10. Toastmasters. The volunteer organization that will give you the chance to learn the craft of public speaking in a ...
Rick Perry and the Blank Mind
Like many Americans, I was riveted by debater Rick Perry’s apparent brain freeze, as he attempted to talk about the ...
Why you must rehearse: To avoid a public speaking disaster like this one
A few years back, we worked with the CEO of a company on a speech assignment that promised to be ...
What goes wrong when you try to communicate?
I spoke last week to an Air Force Special Ops team, and to a pharmaceutical company, about persuasive communications. Today, ...
How to Save a Doomed Meeting
For my blog today, I'm pointing to a piece I just posted on HBR.org, on how to save a doomed ...
Power Point and the Triangle of Death – A Rant
The origins of Power Point were solidly grounded in good intentions. Remember slides? People put pictures on them, or graphs ...
What to do when the missiles are incoming
One of the hazards of speaking in public is that some percentage of the audience will not agree with you. ...
What to do when a speech goes horribly wrong – 5 tips
Technology will fail you. Audiences will go cold – or fail to show up. You’ll forget to say something important. ...
Public Speaking and the Audience: We’ve Got a Problem
Most public speaking—especially business speeches and presentations—has never entirely caught up with its audience’s changed expectations. Our ordinary speaking styles ...
