Ellie Marlow did her homework. She combed the internet to find the best 100 public speaking blogs–the ones that are helpful resources. Guess what? You’re reading one of them now! Tweet: THE BEST 100 PUBLIC SPEAKING BLOGS (http://ctt.ec/v54q8+) are ranked… Read More »100 sites to improve your communication skills
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If you work for a company, and your job entails public speaking, you are paid to speak. That’s right, you are a professional speaker–in the same business as Anthony Robbins, Jack Welch, and Malcolm Gladwell. Your company is paying you… Read More »Business Communication: You Are a Professional Speaker
At the annual LP meetings I’ve been working on, I have noticed that the senior guy wants to give his views on the macro economic picture. He wants to do this for good reasons: To put the results his team… Read More »An Emerging Problem at Limited Partner Meetings
When preparing a talk, ask yourself if your audience wants to solve a problem or capitalize on an opportunity. Maybe they want to do both. Whatever the case, they’ll want to calculate the risks. Solving the wrong problem wastes time… Read More »Presentation Pointer: Second-guess everything
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