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
In her work with clients, our voice and speech coach Sharon Wyeth often works with people who are soft-spoken. As she introduces her voice and speech students to breathing techniques that strengthen the voice, she finds it necessary to differentiate… Read More »Training the speaking voice
Presentations are delivered to create results, or outcomes. Two common desired outcomes are 1.) a decision, or 2.) a prediction. Your presentation skills should make you more effective and efficient at achieving desired outcomes when you speak. In order to… Read More »The Image Theory of Decision Making
Is developing yourself as a highly effective public speaker a journey into your inner recesses and resources, (what I call spelunking, which is technically the exploration of caves), or are presentation skills basically a set of techniques, tips, and tricks… Read More »Public Speaking: Tips and tricks, or spelunking?
Most large corporations have a budget for executive education, and the question becomes, “Where do we spend the money?” If the choice is between the intellectual/cognitive vs. the emotional/affective, choose the latter. Reasons Why Information metastasizes every day. New books,… Read More »Executive Education
Michael Alley has taught at Virginia Tech, the University of Texas, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Barcelona. His book, The Craft of Scientific Presentations, is a significant contribution to the scientific community. While Michael Alley’s experiments have… Read More »Good presenters can overcome bad PowerPoints. Can good PowerPoints overcome bad presenters?