Category Public speaking
Flashing Congruent Signals
Delivering a boffo presentation requires an integrated package. Your credibility depends on it. What do I mean by integrated? It is important to view your talk as an organic whole. For example, your message and body language must not only be strong, but congruent. All signals need to match. Do You Really Love Your Kids? […]
Slip Sliding Away
What draws us to a speaker? What leads us to give up a chunk of our precious time to permit someone to inform, persuade, or entertain us? We may decide to attend a presentation because the speaker has a great reputation. Or the topic may speak to our needs at the moment. Rarely do we […]
Motivational Malarkey
Regular readers and my clients are well aware of my disdain for so-called “motivational” speaking. Sure, everyone gets pumped up in the rah-rah of the moment. Once it’s back-to-work time, however, momentum has dissipated. That’s why I was pleased to read fellow consultant Alan Weiss’ passage in a recent issue of his Million Dollar Consulting® […]
Icebreaking Shenanigans
I recently attended a Zoom session ready to get down to business. Irritatingly, we were forced to waste a few minutes on a pointless icebreaker. In this mid-November meeting, the moderator asked us to tell everyone about our favorite Thanksgiving dish (I tried my best not to roll my eyes). Please. We’re all adults and […]
A Potpourri of Problems
I’ve gotten lots of questions over the years, some basic, some complex. Here is a sampling of the curiosities that run through the minds of participants in workshops and communications strategy sessions, and of the internal experts who advise them. My boss asked me to take part in a media training session. What do I […]
TED and Me
Some people swear by TED talks. I’ve never been able to figure out the fascination. Sure, some topics are meaningful. Recent offerings like “My quest to end the horror of gun violence in the US” and “The ordinary people doing extraordinary things in Ukraine” sound practical and worthwhile. Then we come to the heaping helping […]
Run the Trains on Time
This edition of Summertime Rewind calls out the nasty habit of not starting events or meetings on time. Punctuality counts. It shows respect for your audience and colleagues. The C-suite Blueprint blog has 10 years of what I hope you will agree is rich content, so I’m revisiting some previous posts during July and August. […]
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