The Danger of Virtual Communicating
This blog post is adapted from my forthcoming book, Can You Hear Me?, due out from Harvard in a few ...
What’s the Difference Between Acting and Speaking?
A recent question by pal John Keating reminded me that I had been meaning to do a blog post on ...
How Well Do We Humans Connect in the Virtual World? Part 2
This post is the second of two parts. In the first part I noted how virtual communication channels take out ...
How Well Do We Humans Connect in the Virtual World? Part 1
The first of two posts adapted from my forthcoming book, Can You Hear Me? Recent studies show that on a ...
Tennis Players, Grunts, and Public Speaking
One of the fun things about my years spent toiling in the vineyards of public speaking, storytelling, body language and ...
Emotion, Human Connection, and the Virtual World
Recently I was reviewing some research on popular TED talks that found that the most successful speakers used more hand ...
What Speakers Need to Know About the Brain
Fall is officially here and it’s time to put away the pails, shovels and sunscreen and get back to work. ...
History Matters
It’s the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth this year, this summer, last month, and so it seems like a good ...
The Speaker Persona You Need to Develop
I’ve worked for many years with speakers on developing their unique personas. What’s the exact right mix of charisma, authenticity, ...
The Seven Daily Habits of a Successful Speaker
It's almost fall, and fall is a great time to learn something new, or change up your routine, or establish ...
