The Online Double Standard
In our real, physical lives, we accept that people close to us change their minds and suffer bad moods—but in ...
When Are the Right Times for Silence in Public Speaking?
We are drowning in a tsunami of online communications. From Twitter to Facebook to Instagram to LinkedIn, and a host ...
Human Empathy and the Virtual World, Part Two
This is the second of two articles adapted from my new book, Can You Hear Me?, due out from Harvard ...
Human Empathy and the Virtual World, Part One
I’ve been posting recently about the perils of our life today, living as we do half-face-to-face, half virtually, adapting the ...
9 Ways to Interact with an Audience
I often get asked, as a proponent of audience interaction in speeches, how to do exactly that in ways that ...
Why Executives Need to Become Intentional Communicators
For executives with a public-facing role, the game has changed. You can’t rely on common sense or instinct or winging ...
The Difficulty with Online Beginnings
This post is adapted from my forthcoming book, Can You Hear Me?, to be published by Harvard in October. Recently, ...
What It Takes to Be Successful as a Professional Speaker
I am often asked by clients and prospective clients about what it takes to succeed in the ever-more-competitive world of ...
The Presentation Guild, the Salary Survey, and the State of the Presentation Biz
I joined the Presentation Guild just over a year ago, shortly after it began, because I wholeheartedly support its aims: ...
Why You Need an Owl
One of the surprising discoveries I made while researching my new book, Can You Hear Me?, due out from Harvard ...
