Your Speaking Voice in 2019
Strange things are happening to speakers’ voices. As I’ve worked with public speakers on finding their best possible voice over […]
When The Show Must Absolutely Positively Go On
All professional speakers, and indeed virtually all speakers, have had days when they’ve been at less than their best. They’ve ...
The Problem With PowerPoint
One of the unintended consequences of the increased competition of the last few years in the public speaking world is ...
My New Year’s Resolutions for 2019
Happy New Year 2019! If you thought last year was wild, weird and, well, pretty awful, then obviously you were ...
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 ...
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 Seven Daily Habits of a Successful Speaker
It's almost fall, and fall is a great time to learn something new, or change up your routine, or establish ...
9 Ways to Interact with an Audience
I often get asked, as a proponent of audience interaction in speeches, how to do exactly that in ways that ...
What It Takes to Be Successful as a Professional Speaker
I am often asked by clients and prospective clients about what it takes to succeed in the ever-more-competitive world of ...
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: ...
