What’s happened to our attention spans during the pandemic?
Attention spans are widely misapplied, misused, and misunderstood. The classic attention span research established that college students could pay attention ...
How to Make Those Dull Virtual Staff Meetings Better
Today, at last, the big day is here: Can You Hear Me? is officially published, out, available. You can buy ...
I’m losing the battle against PowerPoint
I’ve been blogging for 11 years. Almost that entire time, I’ve been waging a campaign against slides. I’m losing. A ...
How to Handle Q and A, Part 2
This is the second article of two on how to handle Q and A. In the first of these two ...
How Long Is That Pesky Attention Span Thing?
There’s an urban myth doing the rounds that goes something like this: recent studies suggest that our attention spans have ...
In Defense of Audience Interaction
One of the unintentional by-products of TED is that speakers, in an effort to mimic TED’s success, have been making ...
5 Top New Year’s Resolutions for Speakers
Happy New Year, everyone! I’m back from a little skiing, a little overeating, and a little doing nothing. The perfect ...
The Best and Worst of Communicating – 5 Quick Lessons from 2012
Once again this year I’m inspired by the top 10 best and worst communicators of 2012 list (compiled by my ...
What’s wrong with virtual meetings?
The realities of 21st century work life, especially post 2008, means many of us have more virtual meetings than face-to-face ...
