Are You Afraid to Speak Your Mind?
Are Americans afraid to speak their minds? According to a recent study, the ‘land of the free and the home ...
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 ...
The Real Purpose of Eye Contact
Among the many common misunderstandings about body language is a very basic one: the real purpose of eye contact. We ...
Listen, People!
If you are over forty and reading this blog post, you are beginning to experience –however subtly – the symptoms ...
The Pandemic Epidemic of Loneliness
A good deal has been written about the increase in negative mental health indicators during the pandemic. Drug abuse, mental ...
Is Pausing Dangerous for Public Speaking?
I’ve written a number of times about the power of the pause in public speaking – pausing before you start ...
Make Every Conversation Count with Riaz Meghji
Before Riaz Meghji became a thought leader, speaker, and author of Every Conversation Counts, he was the host, for 17 ...
Why Public Speaking Stars Need to Be Good Collaborators
One of the surprises for many people early on in their professional speaking careers is how collaborative it is – ...
Just One Question Episode 5: Nick catches up with HubSpot’s SVP of Product strategy, Chris O’Donnell
Christopher O'Donnell is Chief Product Officer for Hubspot and songwriter for The Providers. He speaks often about the future of ...
How to Ace the Q and A
I’ve seen many speakers give a great speech only to lose the audience through fumbles during the Q and A. ...
