How to Handle Post-Pandemic Speaking Nerves
Most public speakers whom I’ve been checking in with of late are impatient to get back to face-to-face presentations. And ...
Public Speaking: Nature or Nurture?
The long-running debate on how much of our individual variation as humans is due to our genetic heritage and how ...
How to Make Your Fear of Public Speaking Work for You
Our thoughts are unruly children, aren’t they? They go where they want, show up when they want, and distract us ...
How to Use Memory to Help with Stage Fright
We know from a good deal of research on memory how unreliable it is, partly because retrieving a memory is ...
Is Your Prep as Extensive as Iggy Pop’s?
Iggy Pop, the long-time rocker sometimes called the “Godfather of punk,” and known for his stage antics, and unpredictable performances, ...
More Fear of Public Speaking
The fear of public speaking is real and lodges somewhere on a scale of annoying-to-debilitating for most people. I’ve posted ...
Seven Good Ways to Think About Your Audience
I was coaching a client recently and realized that this able speaker had some serious misconceptions about how to relate ...
Alan Alda on Improv, Empathy, and his New Book
I first encountered Alan Alda as the irreverent, anti-war doctor in M*A*S*H* the TV show. It was one of those ...
Why You Need to Breathe
We have two scientists, doctors Krasnow and Yackle, from Stanford at the time the study was done, to thank for ...
How to Use Your Gut in Public Speaking
Your body language at any given moment is a fascinating and formidable mix of history and how you’re feeling right ...
