Monthly Archives: May 2021

The Truth About Your Voice

As individuals, we demonstrate varying levels of breathiness, hoarseness, raspiness, and nasality. Some conditions are permanent; those afflicted with asthma, for instance. At times it is a passing ailment, such as when we suffer from a cold. Nearly everyone faces temporary hoarseness or raspiness on occasion. The best advice I can give if you are […]

Why Is the Media Giving Voice to Liars?

Hooray for WITF. The Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, NPR affiliate has opted to hold its news sources to a common sense standard, as highlighted in Margaret Sullivan’s Washington Post column “The politicians who tried to overturn an election — and the local news team that won’t let anyone forget it.” Sullivan, the newspaper’s media columnist, writes, “Too […]

Polished Podcasting Policies with John Gilroy

We talk about the how to’s of podcasting with John Gilroy on this edition of C-suite Blueprint Radio. For 25 years, Gilroy appeared as one of the Computer Guys on Washington, D.C.’s NPR affiliate, WAMU. He has penned more than 500 technology columns for The Washington Post among others, and spent 10 years as an […]

Pop Psychology’s Broken Promises

I’ve done a fair amount of research into nonverbal communications over the years. As with any research, I am always careful to adequately vet my sources of information. When it comes to nonverbal matters, I lean on trusted experts like Paul Ekman, Albert Mehrabian, and Joe Navarro. Then there are the pretenders. I recall one […]