True Listening: How can you tell when you’re being listened to?
In my last post I decried the epidemic of fake listening that rages through our society, brought on by the ...
Are you even listening? How to Spot a Fake Listener!
As a nation, and a world, we’ve all pretty much stopped listening to one another. We’ve separated into tribes, and ...
What To Do After a Speech
Do you believe that giving a speech is an honor or a gift? Should the audience be grateful that you’ve […]
What To Do Before A Speech
If you’re a long-time reader of this blog, you know that I’m primarily a coach and secondarily a speaker. Lately, […]
Q & A with Expert Speaking Coach and Author Allison Shapira
I had the great pleasure of a conversation with Allison Shapira, a fellow speaking coach, the other day, and when […]
What Is Charisma?
What is charisma? Sooner or later almost everyone I coach asks me that question. And it immediately leads to the next […]
Sharing the stage – tips for presenting with other people
It’s surprising how often people present in pairs on stage, or set up panels, or group shows of one kind […]
Dealing with Hostility as a Speaker
One of the interesting by-products of our world becoming more virtual over the past decade is that behavior which would […]
King and Connecting with an Audience
What makes a great speech? Every year around this time in the US we honor Martin Luther King, Jr, for […]
A young entrepreneur follows her dreams
Some time ago, Gunita Bhasin sent me a link to her TEDx talk, given last summer at Southbank International School, […]
