April 17th, 2022
“It takes a lot of work to breathe life into an idea. Creating an interesting presentation requires a more thoughtful process than throwing together the blather that we’ve come to call a presentation today. Spending energy to understand…

April 10th, 2022
“Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression” – Barbara Streisand, American actress Earl Nightingale once said we make our prisons. If we make our prisons, we can break out of them. What prisons have you created…

April 3rd, 2022
“Metrics are for doing, not for staring. Never measure just because you can. Measure to learn. Measure to fix.” – Stign Debouwere, statistician and data scientist No doubt you have heard the term “metrics.” Metrics are…

March 27th, 2022
“No matter how high-stakes or complex the presentation, your audience is only going to take away a few key ideas.” – Monica Lueder, Art Director and Executive Presentations Manager at Microsoft. You know the first task in…

March 20th, 2022
“Good transitions can make a speech more important to the audience because they feel they are being taken to a positive conclusion without having to travel a bumpy road.” – Joe Griffith Most of you probably are members of…

March 13th, 2022
“Find out what’s keeping them up nights and offer hope. Your theme must be an answer to their fears.” – Gerald C Myers I know lawyers get a “bum rap” in our society. However, there are several items speakers can learn…

March 6th, 2022
“People have a need for variety, so if you have the same cookie-cutter product or service, you’ll have nothing to compel customers to choose you versus your proven competitors.” – Cameron Benson I was shopping in the local…

February 27th, 2022
“It’s called entrepreneurSHIP, not entrepreneurSTAY. Don’t wait. Just ship.” ― Richie Norton Recently, an Air Force ROTC friend of mine passed away after a long bout with cancer. As I was sitting during his memorial…