How to listen to a speech
I so often write about how to create and give better speeches that I rarely write about listening to speeches. ...
How We Read Other People’s Emotions – and Why It Matters
We humans read each others’ emotions with great enthusiasm. Not a lot of accuracy, as anyone who has ever been ...
Do We Share Emotions – And Does That Matter?
An old philosophical debate asks the question, how do we know that our emotions are commensurate with one another? Meaning, ...
Eight Ways to Begin a Speech
The most difficult moments of a speech are those seemingly endless seconds of stage time while you get to your ...
The Three Tasks of a Public Speaker
The work of a public speaker is never done. You can never complete your expertise – true knowledge of a ...
Three Steps to Delivering a Powerful Speech
OK, to kick off the fall speaking season in the best possible way, I’m putting together a couple of studies ...
Three ways the relationship with your audience starts before you walk on stage
Most speakers think that their job begins when they get on stage and open their mouths to utter their first ...
The 3-minute storytelling lesson you won’t forget
I was working recently with a team of executives on storytelling and delivery, and in one of the exercises I ...
The Fourth Step to Brain Mastery
The fourth step to brain mastery comes straight out of science fiction. In his classic sci-fi novel Dune, Frank Herbert ...
The Third Step to Brain Mastery
The third step in brain mastery involves learning how to read the body language of others around you. There is ...
