Your First Speech, Kate Middleton, President Obama, and the Teleprompter
Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, who is currently half of England’s most adorable royal couple, gave her first public ...
How to have a conversation with your audience
Audiences long for presenters to be real with them, and just have a conversation. Sure, they want a focused, smart ...
A Governor Goes Wild
It’s the season for State of the State addresses. They get less attention than the President’s State of the Union ...
Two Things Charles Dickens Can Teach Us About Successful Presentations
Charles Dickens is 200 today, and in his honor, this blog will explore a little-known side of the great novelist: ...
Bill Gates and the head posture — can you get away with it?
Bill Gates was all over the news last week in the UK talking about his charitable programs, taxes, and eradicating ...
What happens when your words and body language don’t match?
What happens when your words and body language don’t match? Audiences believe the body language every time. But they don’t ...
The Story Behind Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech
I first published this blog a year ago in honor of MLK. So many people have remarked on it that ...
Who Are the Best and Worst Communicators of 2011?
Once again, my fellow communication coaches Decker Communications have published a “10 best and worst communicators for 2011,” and the ...
There are no mistakes: How jazz can help public speakers
If you’re a public speaker you live some intense moments of your life in the limelight, on stage, in front ...
Speakers worth catching – 5: Malcolm Gladwell
I’ve blogged about Malcolm Gladwell before, and given him mixed reviews as a good storyteller, but a speaker with some ...
