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“Did That Guy Just Say ‘Crippled’ to Sell his Hot Sauce?”
Before we start this column, you'll need to watch the 55 second video above for it to make sense (click on the one with the three bottles; not the picture of the young man). Warning: Some of you won't like it. I get that. That's why we're discussing it. [If the...
“What Martin Luther King DIDN’T Say” − Jan ’25 eZine from Milo Shapiro
What Martin Luther King, Jr. DIDN'T Say 61 Years Ago Speaking at a recent online event, a key piece of the presentation focused on how we open our talks. I'm on a mission to get people to stop ramping up to the middles. One of the worst starts I see, time and again,...
“Three Things We Learn from the Great Erma Bombeck” – Nov ’24 eZine of “Full Speech Ahead!” by Milo Shapiro – Featured article
When I was a high school junior, I hit upon that certain rite of passage that so many of us do: college application essays. This was back in the day when we wrote them and maybe showed them to our parents, as compared to today's parents hiring a ghost writer to craft...
“What You See Is What You Keep!” – Sept 2024 eZine of “Full Speech Ahead!” by Milo Shapiro – Featured article
We've likely all heard the old psychological game, "Don’t picture a pink elephant." Once you've heard that, you can't not see it. Let's take that a step further: we could show someone a picture and say, "Look at this picture of a pink elephant and try not to think,...
“Is ‘Authenticity’ All It’s Cracked Up To Be?” – Aug 2024 eZine of “Full Speech Ahead!” by Milo Shapiro – Featured article
“Vonn” came to me wanting to be more effective as a speaker. His material was fairly well-organized (okay, we worked on it some, but that wasn’t the real issue). The real problem was that Vonn’s presentation style was flat, emotionless, and bland; he admitted that he could see his audience members zoning out…and I could see why.
While I certainly knew I wanted to work on voice techniques with him, the priority would be…
“Is it Training? Coaching? Consulting? What if NONE of those are the right approach?” – May 2024 Article by Milo Shapiro
https://youtu.be/c5EhvbZSBXw Sometimes, it's just not easy to make it clear what we do for people. Recently, a company just south of San Diego contacted me to ask me to run a public speaking skills class for sixteen of their top managers. I asked the cause for the...
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Five tips for TEDx Speakers…that totally apply to NON-TEDx Speakers! – Feb 2024 Article by Milo Shapiro
“What Makes a TEDx Talk Work…and Can I Benefit from Knowing?” – March 2024 Article by Milo
Recently, I was interviewed for an article for Medium.com on tips for TEDx speakers to be more effective. I needed to make it clear to Yitzi Weiner, the article author, that I didn't see TEDx tips as being much different from any other speaking endeavor other than...
“…’Cuz Tonight We’re Gonna Listen Like It’s 1929!” − Milo’s Jan 2024 article
Okay, this might be a bit of an exaggeration, but seriously...other than the missing cell phone attached to her head and maybe a nose ring on the last one, do the '90s look particularly different from the 2020s? When I think of the '40s to the '80s, they all seem so...
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