There is very little drama in panels. I’d like to see panelists a bit more feisty, eager to engage in debate and debunk…but they rarely are (or do). Polite and well-mannered is more like it–don’t want to rock the boat… Read More »How to be a great panel moderator
What are the pros and cons of reading a script to an audience, and what are the pros and cons of internalizing a message so that you don’t have to refer to a script? Positives about Reading a Script Your… Read More »Public Speaking: Reading a Script vs. Internalizing a Message
When I was 12 years old, I went to a canoe camp in northern Quebec. Thanks Mom and Dad. It was great. We paddled for thirty days straight, pitching camp every night, foraging and cutting our own firewood. I was… Read More »Public Speaking is like splitting wood
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
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