Why do we misunderstand each other more than ever before?
For this week's post, here's a brief video delving into the communications challenges we all face in the half-real, half-virtual ...
Information Is Addictive – and That’s Good News for Speakers
My good friend Mitch Joel and I share a trait: we’re both infovores. An infovore is someone who “indulges in ...
Is Anger Addictive? Is It Worse Online?
Can we actually become addicted to anger? I’ve posted a number of times about how we seem to be living ...
The Can You Hear Me? Book Tour Comes to London
Harvard Business Press and Havas Media recently teamed up to sponsor my book talk on Can You Hear Me? in ...
What Speakers Need to Know About the Brain
Fall is officially here and it’s time to put away the pails, shovels and sunscreen and get back to work. ...
Coping with the Stress of Public Speaking
It’s no secret that public speaking is stressful for most people. Helping people cope with that stress is something I ...
Virtual Communication Is Flawed in Some Key Ways, Part 2
This is the second of two posts on some of the problems that arise with virtual communications. Communicating in the ...
How to Make Your Speaking Voice Sound More Intelligent
You’re standing in the wings, getting ready to go on stage to give an important speech. If you’re like most ...
Memory, Lighting, and Public Speaking
What are we to make of a recent study that showed some memory loss and impaired learning in lab rats ...
Body Language Basics, Part 5 — A Handy Checklist
I'm finishing out the year with a back-to-basics 5-post review of the fundamentals of body language. In this era of ...
