“We Americans are a charitable and humane people: we have institutions devoted to every good cause from rescuing homeless cats to preventing World War III. But what have we done to promote the art of thinking? Certainly we make no… Read More »Pausing is a presentation skill
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
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
On the left you see a picture of my garden hose, the one I failed to turn off after hosing down the front porch. The temperature dropped, the hose popped, and I now have a column of ice reminding me… Read More »An attempt to link a column of ice with presentation skills
I want to sing the praises of stillness. I used to love, and aspire to, extravagant energy and zeal. Arms waving, voice elevated, eyes wide open and shining with conviction. Now I enjoy stillness, a sense of calmness in a… Read More »Stillness: A very cool presentation skill