How to Ace the Q and A
I’ve seen many speakers give a great speech only to lose the audience through fumbles during the Q and A. ...
Dr. Susan David’s TED talk and Its Lessons for Keynote Speaking
It’s been a few years since I helped designed a conference from soup to nuts; these days I’m primarily a ...
The Democrats Debate, Round Two
Thursday night’s debate was much more interesting than Wednesday's, because more of the A Team was present. In retrospect, with ...
The First Democratic Debate – Who Were the Winners and Losers?
The first Democratic debate of the 2020 campaign season is over. Ten of the candidates have had their somewhat fair ...
How Good a Speaker Is Joe Biden?
Thanks to the persuasive powers of David Meerman Scott, I decided to take a work day to attend a Vice-President ...
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, ...
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, ...
True Listening: How can you tell when you’re being listened to?
In my last post I decried the epidemic of fake listening that rages through our society, brought on by the ...
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 ...
