Jan 9, 2023 | Business Tip of the Day, Feature Articles
“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...
Feb 26, 2022 | Feature Articles
Imagine a pair of kindergartners given a chance to make sand castles at the beach for the first time. Joy! So how do they get started? What it doesn’t look like is this: A lengthy discussion of which one will hold what responsibilities A determination of rank A...
Jan 15, 2022 | Feature Articles
There’s an old joke about punctuation that goes: “If you don’t think commas are important, just try leaving them out of a sentence like: ‘Do you want to eat, Grandma?'” Much like that comma, vocal variety can change the implied meaning...
Aug 3, 2020 | Feature Articles
In discussions among public speaking coaches, about 75% of the people who call us mention fear. It’s okay to acknowledge that something is scary and it’s even better that these folks have picked up the phone, taking a step to deal with it. It’s...
Feb 15, 2020 | Feature Articles
Is a correctable accent an issue? And is it worth the effort? If you’ve got a regional or international accent, you’re likely to earn a fifth less than your colleagues with relatively neutral accents, according to research from the universities of Chicago...
Nov 25, 2019 | Feature Articles
“Which came first: the chicken or the egg?” “Do we have free will or is everything predestined?” “Should toilet paper hang to the front or the back of the roll?” Some questions just don’t have a definite answer. Others do. ...
