Do You Have a Speaking Tic?
Some people say “like” and “you know,” so often that you want to strangle them. Others say “um” often and ...
5 Quick Steps to a Killer TED Speech
I spend a fair amount of time these days as a communication coach helping people prepare for TED speeches. Even ...
3 Steps for Quick Speech Prep
How to prepare for that big presentation? It’s at once an intellectual, emotional, and kinesthetic activity. It has a lot of ...
Presenters: Do You Walk on Stage or Take the Stage?
Good actors come on stage, deliver their lines, and leave. Great actors take the stage. Great speakers need to do ...
The Secret to Powerful Communication in 2 Words
If I had to sum up in two words everything I’ve learned in 25 years of work on communications, rhetoric, ...
What gets in the way of presence?
We all know we need that mysterious quality 'presence' when we’re in front of an audience. It’s something about charisma, ...
People I’m Grateful for #8: Nancy Duarte
This blog is the eighth in a series of blogs on people that have added something important to the world ...
People I’m Grateful for #7: Garr Reynolds
This blog is the seventh in a series of blogs on people that have added something important to the world ...
People I’m Grateful for #6: Patsy Rodenburg
This blog is the sixth in a series of blogs on people that have added something important to the world ...
People I’m Grateful for #5: Paul Ekman
This blog is the fifth in a series of blogs on people that have added something important to the world ...
