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What Jimmy Buffet Teaches Us About Authenticity
People frequently comment to me about how every speaker needs to be their “authentic self” and they expect me to immediately agree. Then they are surprised to notice the pause I take before answering. Let me share a story about the late great Jimmy Buffett. While I...
Jotform is a great way to take RSVPs!
I know that this is a little off my usual topic, but I wanted to get a plug in for how great Jotform is as an RSVP tool for smaller events. It allows you to build a form, automatically send the attendee a confirmation note, receive the info by email and, best of all,...
“Why is the mirror NOT our friend, when it comes to speaking?”
For generations, practicing speaking in the mirror has been a staple of corporate training, sitcom moments, and speaking class advertising. It even reared its head in the final episodes of "This Is Us," as Kevin practiced a speech. The instinct to give yourself...
“My Q&A ruined my speech!”
"I was doing so well, using so much of what we rehearsed, Milo. Then we got to Q&A where it all fell apart!" Yep. We hadn't gotten to that lesson yet. For all the fear people have of presenting, the hardest time to have control is during Q&A − when you don't...
How can I get out of this speech?
Wish I'd met Leland first! For less than the cost of that dentist and the dentures to follow, we could have shown him how to organize his material, deliver with confidence, and find it all comfortable!
Meeting today? Uh-oh!
Poor Chris just needs some coaching. Send Chris to me for public speaking skills coaching and before long these two will be totally on board!
Even funnier ‘cuz it’s true!
It takes guts at first to take your talents to the bank; ignore the naysayers and thrive on what you do well!
Improvising? In business? C’mon…
Recently, the San Diego Business Journal interviewed me. I thought the improv-based part of my business work was going to be a reference − a paragraph at most − in what she was writing. Instead, she found that work so fascinating that it ended up as a full...
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