Kintsugi and Public Speaking
The Japanese concept of Kintsugi at a deep level is similar to our idea of not letting the perfect be ...
We Are All Motivational Speakers
Motivational speakers have something of a bad name in some circles, but the truth is that every speaking event has ...
The Dangers of Last-Minute Changes to a Presentation
Public speaking means – for most people – stress and a sudden flurry of decision-making under stress. The conference organizer ...
The World’s Second Most Famous Brain and What It Teaches Public Speakers
In 1953, an epileptic had brain surgery to try to relieve the seizures he was experiencing that were making his ...
Why Body Language Matters, and How to Think about It – Part 3
Three things happened to me when I was 17 that turned out to have a significant effect on my interest ...
Communication and Sales – 4 – Where is your customer?
I’m doing a week on selling and communication. Five days, five tips. Put all of these to work and I ...
Why You Should Never Begin a Presentation with a Summary
I’ve attended roughly a gazillion presentations that began with an executive summary, or a brief statement along the lines of, ...
Basic principles of persuasive rhetoric – 3
Principle III: Persuasive rhetoric deals with problems and solutions. Think of a communication — whether a formal meeting, a one-on-one ...
The basic principles of nonverbal communication – 4
Principle IV: Decision making is largely an emotional, and therefore a nonverbal, process. We’ve had an idea for a long ...
