Karen Gross, Singer-Speechwriter
Regular readers of this blog will know that I believe the essence of successful speaking resides in the voice. Without ...
What Are the Chapters in a Change Journey?
At a recent conference, I was asked to talk about change – on short notice. The forcing function turned out ...
It Matters What Story a Politician Is Telling You
I was struck recently by an implication of storytelling that explains a good deal of the current attitude towards various ...
Finding Your Voice — Part Two
This post is the second of two on finding your voice. It seems like every other person I meet either ...
You Think You Have Too Much Email? Wait Until Your Workplace Adds Slack!
The promise of word processing and email was that they were going to bring us friction-free communication and asynchronous convenience. ...
How Can You Make a Technical Subject Interesting?
How can academics and specialist in arcane forms of knowledge take their subject matter and present it to general audiences ...
Why Is Most Public Speaking So Awful?
A few years back on this blog I asked myself the question, why is so much public speaking – especially ...
How to Structure a Great Speech
How do you structure a great speech? Here’s a quick way to think about a speech structure that works in many ...
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 ...
When Good Speeches Go Bad
Consider the standard, garden-variety, nails-in-the-forehead-boring business presentation. A person wanders to the front of the room, nervous as an auditor ...
