Harvard and Google got married (NY Times article, Fri Dec 17) and have given birth to a database containing all the words in all the books published between 1500 and 2008 in English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese and Russian. You—yes… Read More »Counting the words that count in high stakes presentations
Bring Presenting for Results in-house! It offers: The chance to master your anxiety about public speaking I don’t care who you are, we all have stage fright to a certain degree, and the best way to deal with it is… Read More »Corporate Public Speaking Course
I just read some Mind Mints at www.garyforman.com. The guy can write. Who is Gary Forman? He’s a speech writer, a good one. I know he’s good because last year I partnered with him on a speech for Endo Pharmaceuticals, and… Read More »Kick Butt Presenting
In case you missed the BCS Championship Game on Monday night, or you don’t follow college football, or any sports for that matter, but you do take an interest in performance under pressure, please watch Mr. Cam Newton in action.… Read More »Cam Newton’s body language
Many presenters begin their talks like this: “I’d like to take this opportunity to talk a little bit about…” Don’t do this. First of all, what you would like to do at that particular moment is of considerably less interest… Read More »Presenters should avoid this opening phrase
I heard an Indian novelist interviewed recently. Asked what struck her when she first came to America, she said, “I noticed that in America, the rich are thin and the poor are fat—the opposite of my country.” Of course, she… Read More »The rich, the poor, the highly-educated and the tongue-tied