What Can a Symphony Orchestra Conductor Teach Us About Public Speaking?
Having just moved to a new town, I suddenly appreciate anew Einstein’s most brilliant thinking. It wasn’t the General Theory ...
When Body Language Is, and Isn’t, Effective
The most important thing to understand about body language is that we humans don't care about it. Now, of course, ...
How to Make Virtual Meetings Dull – and In-Person Ones Too
This is my week for guest posts. Andrea Driessen is the author of a new book, The Non-Obvious Guide to ...
How to Create a Great Panel Discussion
I hardly ever bring in a guest poster, but in this case, it’s the return of an old friend. I ...
What Actors and Cabaret Singers Can Teach Public Speakers
What is the difference between what actors do and what speakers do? I talked about this question last fall in ...
Hostile Audiences
I’ve occasionally posted on the curiously angry state of the current world – the Eeyore Zeitgeist we live in now. ...
Talking to Teens and Other Challenges
According to some new research, our sensitivity to negative expressions and threats varies with age. We’re most sensitive as teens, ...
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 ...
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 […]
