Hmmmm… have you ever wondered how good you really are when you present? I’m not talking about whether you win a speech contest or not — I’m talking about truly making a difference in the minds of your audience. Master Mentor, Alan Weiss, Ph.D. says that we’re never as bad as our worst critic and [...]
Have you ever done the right thing for the wrong reason? I know I have. I remember when I was dating someone and things started falling apart. She started to see all the “negative” and none of the positive. It was getting worse and I was feeling insecure, so I started doing everything I could [...]
“OUCH!” Winning Speech, One Box at a Time Too many people, when putting a presentation together, try to write the whole thing out. If you use slide presentations, you know the crutch of creating a slideshow by taking an old one, and just “tweaking” it. Guilty? I know I am. A brilliant presentation is clean, [...]
It was 1994, Nova Scotia, Canada. I was attending a speakers’ conference. There I was, an eager student of humor, just making the transition from comedy to speaking. I was sitting in the forth row, very excited about what I was going to learn from a session titled: How to add humor to your presentation. [...]
Have you ever seen someone give a speech, and they weren’t connected to the audience? They were saying the words, but somehow you knew they were not fully “present.” Ever given one of those? Do you know what’s happening? Many times, it means that the presenter is up in their own head, thinking of what [...]
Not a great speech writer? Neither was I. I had the passion, I had something to say, but to actually sit down and write a speech… forget it! The summer of 2001 was the most transformational time in my career. I loved the performance, but the preparation and the writing process nearly killed me. In [...]
Do you have a lot to say? Do you wish you could say more in less time? Are you aware of one of the most common mistakes speakers make, that they don’t even realize they’re making? It’s one of the many differences between the average speaker, and a World-class speaker. This past weekend, I enjoyed [...]
