Charisma Revealed Through its Effects
I’ve blogged a number of times about charisma, how it’s not something you’re born with, but rather a learned skill. ...
The Most Reverend Michael Curry Takes Us to School
Some speeches don't need extensive analysis, explanation, or commentary. They are best just experienced. The Most Reverend Michael Curry of ...
Virtual Communication Is Flawed in Some Key Ways, Part 2
This is the second of two posts on some of the problems that arise with virtual communications. Communicating in the ...
Virtual Communication Is Flawed in Some Key Ways, Part 1
Communicating in the virtual world creates some built-in hazards for us humans because we originally evolved to communicate face to ...
The Communication Problem at the Heart of Our Digital Era, Part 2
Every single human voice has a slightly different mix of its basic pitch, undertones and overtones. Added together and they ...
The Communication Problem at the Heart of Our Digital Era, Part 1
We live half our lives in the virtual world, half in the real, so that many of our communications are ...
Our Most Common Vocal Sins and What to Do About Them
I wish I could say that the 21st Century, while giving rise to technological wonders, artisan coffee, and Uber, has ...
More Public Speaking Fear – and What to Do About It
I’ve been remiss as a blogger not to have talked about one of my favorite fellow toilers in the craft ...
The Uselessness of Speaker Ratings
One of the unfair realities of the professional speaking business is that celebrities get a pass when it comes time ...
Why Do We Have Eyebrows?
When you’re talking anthropogeny, it can be hard to tease out cause and effect. Did we humans evolve a bigger ...
