How to Handle Q and A, Part 2
This is the second article of two on how to handle Q and A. In the first of these two ...
How to Handle Q and A, Part 1
Why go to all the trouble of preparing a speech when you can just take questions? I’ve been asked that ...
How to Move in front of an Audience, Part 3
This is the third of three articles on moving in front of an audience. In two previous posts, I talked ...
How to Move in front of an Audience, Part 2
The second of two articles on moving in front of an audience. In the first part, last time, I covered ...
How to Move in front of an Audience
Most speakers begin their careers gratefully clutching the sides of a podium, happy to hide behind it for that little ...
Three quick tips for improving your connection with your audience
I posted the last time on the importance of the voice for an empathetic connection with your audience. Of course, ...
How Long Is That Pesky Attention Span Thing?
There’s an urban myth doing the rounds that goes something like this: recent studies suggest that our attention spans have ...
Seven Good Ways to Think About Your Audience
I was coaching a client recently and realized that this able speaker had some serious misconceptions about how to relate ...
The Eight Worst Ways to Start a Speech
Every year about now, the conference season kicks into gear and I hear -- and coach -- speeches and speakers ...
Alan Alda on Improv, Empathy, and his New Book
I first encountered Alan Alda as the irreverent, anti-war doctor in M*A*S*H* the TV show. It was one of those ...
