Speakers Need to Pick the Right Colors!
Speakers can use the emerging science of color to enhances effects during their speeches and produce stronger impressions on their ...
5 Keys to Good Storytelling
The first of several posts on storytelling. I’ve been writing, coaching, and teaching about storytelling for over 25 years, and ...
How Our Brains Trick Us When We Try to Communicate
Two ongoing developments in neuroscience push us to realize that our lived experience of the world is not really what’s ...
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 ...
Does Mind Over Matter Really Matter?
Growing up in New England, I was taught that mind over matter – mental discipline – was the way you ...
Is Empathy Important for Leaders or Speakers?
In the speaking business we spend a lot of time telling stories designed to elicit empathy in our audiences. Teachers ...
Bullying and Body Language
A couple of studies show that the effects of bullying on children are both long-term and significant. Significant, because bullying ...
Nick talks to CEO of Your Marketing Bo McDonald about the impact of tech in marketing.
Bo McDonald is President of Your Marketing Company and exists to change passionate people by providing opportunities to ...
Empathy Is up to Us
Empathy is up to us. And it’s on the decline. We have reason to be worried, certainly here in the ...
How to Structure a Speech or Presentation
Regular readers of this blog will know that I am a proponent of the Ancient Greeks’ way of thinking about ...
