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Public Speaking 109: Repetition is the mother of skill
A lesson I learnt the hard way. It was a small audience. And I only had to speak for an hour. Neither one of them …
Public Speaking 108: Don’t tell a story
John got up to speak. As a successful CEO in the Silicon Valley, he was invited to deliver the evening’s keynote speech, to young entrepreneurs, …
Public Speaking 107: Making it feel like the first time!
The July 13, 2014 article from the NY Post gives quite an account of the actress’ long mono-play, mono-stage stint. “The first time Donna Marie …
Public Speaking 106: The Power of Three
The audience welcomed him with a thunderous applause. No surprises there. The speaker had a quite a list of accomplishments. The energy in the room …
Public Speaking 105: Anaphora
Charles Dickens used it skillfully. And so do politicians and freedom fighters. Strange bedfellows. But both know the power of this literary device. “It was
The Art of Thankfulness
The year was 1860. Lady Elgin, the steamship carrying 300 passengers and crew on a round-trip sightseeing tour from Milwaukee to Chicago collided with Augusta
Public Speaking 104: Double Focus
About seven minutes into the speech Manny was completely on his own. The incessant rambling continued while the audience was totally detached and doing their
Innovation: Disruptive or Disastrous?
What do you do when paying rent for your apartment becomes an issue? Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia did what most sensible thirty year olds
Are you a Doer or Leader?
The $15K spot bonus, in appreciation of the continued good work, could not have come at a better time. Andrew had been working eighteen hour
What’s your Calcutta?
A recently divorced woman, who felt very alone in the world, wrote to Mother Teresa asking if she could join her Sisters of Charity and