Should You Want Your Audience to Like You?
How important is it for audiences to like their speakers? Most speakers won’t admit it, but a big part of ...
Our Most Common Vocal Sins and What to Do About Them
I wish I could say that the 21st Century, while giving rise to technological wonders, artisan coffee, and Uber, has ...
The Uselessness of Speaker Ratings
One of the unfair realities of the professional speaking business is that celebrities get a pass when it comes time ...
Why Do We Have Eyebrows?
When you’re talking anthropogeny, it can be hard to tease out cause and effect. Did we humans evolve a bigger ...
The Grateful Speaker
Public speaking is a privilege. Especially if you’re lucky enough to be able to pursue it as a full-time occupation, ...
The Other Skill Speakers Need to Succeed
Giving a speech is a high-adrenaline, people-oriented, immediate-gratification event. The ranks of professional speakers tend to be filled with extroverts, ...
Size Does Matter for Public Speakers
I recently came across a study which indirectly confirmed the importance of height to public speakers. An anthropologist studied children of ...
How to Understand Your Audience
When I’m working with clients, we always start, not with them, but with their audience. Sometimes clients find this a ...
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 ...
What Should a Speaker Wear – 2018 Update
It’s time for the 2018 update on what a speaker should wear for an important speech. And they’re all important, ...
