What Do Audiences Owe Presenters?
We expect a lot of speakers and presenters. We want them to be witty, wise, and gnomic. We want them ...
Body Language Quick Takes 3 – Are You Connected?
How do you tell – in body language terms – when you’re connected with someone? A conversation between two connected ...
How to Connect with an Audience
Here's a brief video excerpt from a speech I gave last year about how to connect with an audience by ...
Does size matter? How audience size changes speeches
Does the size of an audience matter to you, the speaker? Should you do something different if your audience is ...
A Speech Is a Journey
A good speech takes its audience on a journey from passive to active, as I relate in this story about ...
Why is most public speaking – especially in the business world – so bad?
(This blog is based on the talk I gave at the opening of the Public Words Speaker Forum, June 11-12, ...
How to develop a paid public speaking career – IV: 3 Rules for Long-term Public Speaking Success
You’ve created both push and pull demand – you’ve wooed the bureaus and meeting planners and you’ve created a strong ...
Basic Principles of Persuasive Rhetoric – 6
Principle VI: Persuasive communication cuts through the clutter of information overload by dealing with safety issues. Turn Maslow’s hierarchy of ...
Basic Principles of Persuasive Rhetoric – 1
Persuasive rhetoric is about phrasing your arguments so that your listeners can hear them. I’m going to do a series ...
What should a speaker ask an audience to do?
A speaker asks a lot of an audience. Understanding, enthusiasm, support -- and inactivity. Audiences are expected to be passive ...
