Monthly Archives: October 2019
Anticipating the Severity of Your Crisis
Trick-or-treaters can be scary (or so we all pretend). However, they are no match for a hair-raising crisis belting your business. When a crisis mushrooms, there is a bounty of questions you need to consider, and consider fast. Every crisis is different, so some of these questions may not apply in your case. Of course, […]
What Constitutes a Crisis?
As you know by now, I’m not into writing for technical or academic purposes — which means that my latest book, A+ Strategies for C-Suite Communications: Turning Today’s Leaders into Tomorrow’s Influencers, is not intended as a textbook. Nonetheless, in writing the volume, it became clear that a definition for “crisis” is useful to ensure […]
Visit the National Press Club Book Fair November 1
I’m pleased and honored to report that I’ll be participating in the prestigious National Press Club Journalism Institute Book Fair the evening of November 1. I hope you’ll stop by and say hello. It’s your chance to get an inscribed copy of my latest book, A+ Strategies for C-Suite Communications: Turning Today’s Leaders into Tomorrow’s […]
The Advantages of Q&A
There are numerous advantages to opening up the floor to questions during your presentations. It tends to keep the audience engaged, making them an active part of the program and giving them a chance to contribute. It behooves you to remain generous in sharing your spotlight, provided the questioner doesn’t morph into an Agenda Hog, […]
Prep Time for Q&A
Audiences remember stupid things if a speaker gives them good reason. They will long carry a vivid memory of the presenter who stammered, shook, sweated, and recoiled when asked even the simplest question. The question and answer session is the make or break part of any presentation. That is one of the basic truths about […]
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