You’re One in a Million – How do You Stand Out?
You’re one of a million speakers. How do you stand out? Let’s say you’re appearing at one of those enormous, ...
Can you see me? Can you hear me? Book marketing in the age of YouTube
There are a million books, roughly speaking, published in North America every year. Many more worldwide. When an author launches ...
What Speakers Need to Focus on in 2019
In my first post this week, I talked about the aspects of resilience that speakers will need to have to ...
How to Connect with People Virtually, Part 2
My blog posts this week are adapted from my new book, Can You Hear Me?, to be published by Harvard ...
The Speaker Persona You Need to Develop
I’ve worked for many years with speakers on developing their unique personas. What’s the exact right mix of charisma, authenticity, ...
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: ...
How to Give a Virtual Introdution
Last week, I updated a post from 2011 that has been perennially popular, on giving an in-person introduction for a ...
How to Give a Great Introduction 2018
We were reviewing the stats on this blog recently, and one of the surprising numbers is that the blog post ...
Do You Have What It Takes to Become a Thought Leader?
I often get asked about how you can launch a career as a thought leader. Rather than keep the discussion ...
The Other Skill Speakers Need to Succeed
Giving a speech is a high-adrenaline, people-oriented, immediate-gratification event. The ranks of professional speakers tend to be filled with extroverts, ...
