Be Inclusive If you always talk about “I” or “Me” doing something or achieving something – you’re leaving out the people who matter. Your team deserve to be recognized for their efforts, [...]
The fact that we live and work in a global economy today has changed the way we communicate. Much communication takes place electronically; you must have seen the parodies – two girls sitting in [...]
“Whatever you fight, you strengthen, and what you resist, persists.” ~ Eckhart Tolle According to a poll from 2001 – over 40% percent of Americans identify with a dread of appearing [...]
This story was shared with me on Face book. I think it is a beautiful lesson and that it goes far beyond children and school. A teacher in New York was teaching her class about bullying and gave [...]
My wife Lisa and I were spending a weekend on Block Island. For those not familiar with Block Island, it is a quaint little piece of land off the coast of Rhode Island. It is in fact so small [...]
Are you taking yourself for granted? My wife works as a project manager for the education department of a Fortune 500 company. She was in the process of hiring a key note speaker for one of their [...]
Aside from your introduction, the material on which you speak and how you express your presentation, there is one thing that will help you effectively get your message across: learning to tell a [...]
The next step in speaking success and in overcoming that stage fright is connection. Are you connecting with the people in your audience? Are you connecting with the reason that you are there in [...]
In a previous article I mentioned how the fear of public speaking for most people is greater than the fear of death. In fact, this fear is so great that some people would rather be the dead body [...]
A time comes in your life when you finally get it…when, in the midst of all your fears and insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out – [...]