January 27th, 2020
“All great speakers were bad speakers at first.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson It is the day before your big speech and you are not nearly done developing and practicing it. What can you do? Use mind-mapping to uncover and organize your ideas…

January 20th, 2020
“If you can’t communicate and talk to other people and get across your ideas, you’re giving up your potential.” – Warren Buffet You have a certain expertise that other people want to know about and then it happens! You are asked to speak…

January 13th, 2020
“When speaking in public, your message – no matter how important – will not be effective or memorable if you don’t have a clear structure.” – Patricia Fripp Have you ever thought how much impact the audience seating style has on your presentation…

January 6th, 2020
“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” – Benjamin Franklin Do you want your audiences to take what you say in your presentations and…

December 30th, 2019
“Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.” -Dale Carnegie During this season of good will, good cheer, and good friends, I think back to a song from the film “White Christmas”…

December 23rd, 2019
“Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator..” – Marcus Tullius Cicero Have you ever talked to a friend, colleague, or your boss and were wondering during the conversation, “What is his/her main…

December 16th, 2019
“A wise man speaks because he has something to say, a fool speaks because he has to say something.” – Plato In the first 30 seconds of meeting you, your audience has formed their first impression of you. This first impression will be the…

December 9th, 2019
“Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much.” – Robert Greenleaf We all have to perform sometime in our lives. Whether it is a presentation, the school spelling bee, the high jump, or a million other possible things, we are not…