How to Handle Post-Pandemic Speaking Nerves
Most public speakers whom I’ve been checking in with of late are impatient to get back to face-to-face presentations. And ...
How to Make Your Fear of Public Speaking Work for You
Our thoughts are unruly children, aren’t they? They go where they want, show up when they want, and distract us ...
How to Use Memory to Help with Stage Fright
We know from a good deal of research on memory how unreliable it is, partly because retrieving a memory is ...
What to Do About the Fear of Public Speaking
In what is arguably one of the best half-dozen science fiction books of all time, Dune, its author Frank Herbert ...
Public Speaking and the Imposter Syndrome – what can you do about it?
Most of the successful public speakers I know suffer from some form of the imposter syndrome. It’s often not something ...
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, ...
Speakers, How Do You Feel About Your Body?
When you stand up to speak in front of an audience, what, besides the inevitable stage fright, do you experience? ...
More Fear of Public Speaking
The fear of public speaking is real and lodges somewhere on a scale of annoying-to-debilitating for most people. I’ve posted ...
Coping with the Stress of Public Speaking
It’s no secret that public speaking is stressful for most people. Helping people cope with that stress is something I ...
Is Overconfidence Harmful to Speakers?
Quick question: which is better for a public speaker – to be overconfident, or to underrate yourself? Understand that both ...
