As coronavirus seeps into every nook and cranny of our lives, America is getting a master class in change management. One of the biggest changes I’ve seen in my profession is clients’ jumping off stages and onto video screens. Since social distancing restrictions forbid us from interacting in person, some companies have no choice but… read more
Why the Best Speakers Are Masters at Pulling Back
I don’t know about you but as the world slowly grinds to a halt and our sense of normalcy is pried from our unwilling hands, I have discovered more time for reflection. I am usually an obsessive, goal-oriented, forward thinker so I did not initially welcome this with open arms. In fact, it causes me… read more
The Reason Why Words Appear to Be so Powerful (Brought to you by Coronavirus)
If I were a gambling man, I would bet that, prior to a couple of weeks ago, if you heard the words corona and isolation used in combination, you most likely thought of the Corona commercials featuring someone sitting alone on a beach, squeezing a lime into a cold and refreshing beverage. Today, those words… read more
Why The Best Speakers Are Masters At Brevity
Imagine you’re pouring an ice-cold glass of water on a blazing hot summer day. As you watch the freshly squeezed lemons dance around the top of the pitcher, the water in your glass reaches the top. Fully aware of what’s happening, you continue to pour until water is spilling all over the countertop and… read more
Why the Best Speakers Learn How to Play the Accordion
If you speak with any degree of regularity, you’ve most likely arrived at a venue and had the meeting organizer toss a ticking time bomb in your direction by saying something like, “I’m sorry but the previous speaker went over his time limit. We are trying to get back on schedule so we need you… read more
Why Surviving Your Speech Is NOT a Strategy
Arriving back at your office after delivering a high stakes presentation that, if successful, will lead to a second meeting with a prospect who could potentially double your company’s annual revenue, you find your team anxiously huddled around the entrance. As soon as you walk through the front door, they pop the question, “well, how… read more
Why the Best Speakers Always Thread the Needle First
The ultimate goal of every presenter, regardless of expertise, is to make their ideas click in the minds of their listeners to the point that they willfully follow them to their predetermined conclusion. Many well-intentioned speakers fall short of this goal because they falsely assume that their audience cares enough about their message to sort… read more
5 Ways That Context Clues Will Make You a Better Speaker
Have you ever received a text message that caused you to stop in your tracks, frown and quote Scooby Doo’s puzzled “huh”? If you’re anything like most people, your answer to that question is yes, which means you’ve had the experience of being inserted into the middle of a conversation by someone who unintentionally failed… read more
The Ultimate Speech That No One Wants to Give
Depending on your perspective, I’ve been fortunate or insane enough to have been given the opportunity to deliver hundreds of presentations to audiences large and small. I’m often asked by my coaching clients and training participants, “what is the most difficult speech you’ve ever delivered?” Of course, those particular speeches stand apart from all the… read more
How the Best Speakers Ensure Their Presentations Add Up
One of my fondest childhood memories is sitting at the kitchen table doing my homework, which meant reluctantly struggling through three-digit subtraction problems. Do you remember the problems where you had to borrow from the column to the left? There are two reasons that this experience is forever etched in my memory: (1) it was… read more
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