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How to introduce a speaker — the art of giving (and receiving) a great introduction
It’s all about quality control. Create your own intro video and you’ll never have to suffer a botched intro again. Get the intro right, and the speech is half done.
Future of Meetings, Updated
Back in November I took a shot at predicting the ...
Speakers, How Do You Feel About Your Body?
When you stand up to speak in front of an ...
True Listening: How can you tell when you’re being listened to?
In my last post I decried the epidemic of fake ...
Are you even listening? How to Spot a Fake Listener!
As a nation, and a world, we’ve all pretty much ...
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 […]
