Summer Reading #11: Negotiation and Public Speaking
What is a book about negotiation doing in a blog about public speaking? Simple, really. Every time you get up ...
Why is most public speaking – especially in the business world – so bad?
(This blog is based on the talk I gave at the opening of the Public Words Speaker Forum, June 11-12, ...
Does public speaking terrify you? Here’s what to do about it.
I get asked a great deal about anxiety, fear, nerves, nervousness, butterflies, panic attacks, terror – about public speaking. A ...
How to develop a paid public speaking career – IV: 3 Rules for Long-term Public Speaking Success
You’ve created both push and pull demand – you’ve wooed the bureaus and meeting planners and you’ve created a strong ...
How to develop a paid public speaking career – II
Coming out of the SXSW conference and the session Tim Sanders and I ran, I’m going to continue a blog ...
What’s the biggest risk in public speaking?
When you stand up to speak, you're risking a good deal. You can fail to engage the crowd, you can ...
How much emotion is too much in public speaking?
How much emotion is too much in public speaking? That’s the question the following video raised for me. It’s Daniel ...
9 rules for survival in rock climbing and public speaking
Matthew Childs gives a remarkable talk on the 9 rules of mountain climbing on TED.com: http://tinyurl.com/cqjd8v. Obviously, he means the ...
The 5 worst (and widespread) rules about public speaking
We work with clients all the time who have absorbed rules from somewhere about public speaking. Usually those rules are ...
Do You Want the Bad News or the Good News First? How Neuroscience Can Help Us Be Better Speakers
Neuroscientists are now able to tell us startlingly specific things about how our brains work. Recent research details ways to ...
