Sims Wyeth, a top executive presentation coach, is the president of M Sims Wyeth LLC. He is also the author of The Essentials of Persuasive Public Speaking.
Should you choose to take it, the road to success, high office, and power leads us all to the frightening slopes of public speaking—the number one fear in America. Since the last election, we’ve seen an increased respect for the… Read More »Public Speaking: From the State of the Union to the Campaign Trail
I recently got a letter from a lawyer threatening to sue me because I had mistakenly used a copyrighted image in a blog. The letter was not a cease and desist letter. It was a shock and awe letter, so… Read More »Shock and awe work in presentations
Last week I woke up in the middle of the night nervous that I was not nervous about a speech I had to make. The thought that I was giving a speech in a few hours floated between my ears… Read More »Stage Fright: Nervous about not being nervous
Client facing skills are the skills of a dynamic and purposeful conversationalist. The medium of conversation is the voice, and as Marshall McLuhan said, the medium is the message, or at least a large part of it. A speaking voice… Read More »Sims Wyeth & Co. offers Training the Speaking Voice
Client facing skills (also known as sales skills and interpersonal skills) are essentially the skills of a very good conversationalist. Good conversations can lead to connection, mutual respect, and understanding (not necessarily agreement.) They can precipitate new, and strengthen existing,… Read More »The #1 Sales Skill
You’re preparing a presentation and the question comes up, “How much detail should I include?” The answer is, “Just enough,” and that’s not a cop out, because there are so many different circumstances, audiences, and types of presentation. For instance, when… Read More »Presentation Skills: Adjust your level of detail