October 16, 2013
If we’re speaking to persuade, we need to win the hearts AND minds of our audience. The wonderful thing about human beings is that we’re all […]
October 14, 2013
Read this line aloud, without smiling. “Today is a day you will never forget…” Sounds a bit like a threat from a gangster movie, right? Now […]
October 11, 2013
If we’re offered a microphone to speak with it’s wise to use it. Generally if a microphone is present on stage, it has been setup by […]
October 9, 2013
According to Greg M. Epstein, ‘do unto others’ … is a concept that essentially no religion misses entirely. Greg is a Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University […]
October 7, 2013
No fear is the worst possible thing we can have when public speaking. No fear means we don’t see the consequences of giving a bad presentation […]
October 4, 2013
Despite the title this isn’t a post on flatulence and the modern speaker, sorry, I’ll write that post some time in the future! ‘Wind’ comes up […]
October 2, 2013
We all have a special quality – something that our friends remark on – “Oh, I love the way you always…” What’s your special quality? And […]
September 30, 2013
Explaining things isn’t always easy. When Steve Jobs pitched the Apple Mac computer, he might as well have been trying to explain electricity to cavemen – […]
September 17, 2013
I’m so proud to have been asked to attend my school prize giving ceremony this evening as the guest of honour, handing out prizes to the […]
