I’m taking a short break this week from posting about the principles of public speaking to put a couple of Q and As out. This is the second. Enjoy! Next week I’ll return to the principles of public speaking. The traditional book publishing business is getting up-ended in a number of ways. Many of them […]
I’m taking a break this week from my work on the principles of public speaking to post a couple of Q and As that I’ve done recently. Enjoy! Lee Richter has been recognized by the San Francisco Business Times as one of the Top 100 Business Leaders for 2013-2016. She’s a strategy whiz, and has […]
I’m developing a series of public speaking principles in the next few blog posts that are a summation of what I’ve learned about this fiendishly difficult art and science over three decades of practice, coaching, learning from others, and research, especially neuroscience. Here are the next seven. 15.A speech is performance art – and science. […]
I’m developing a series of public speaking principles in the next few blog posts that are a summation of what I’ve learned about this fiendishly difficult art and science over three decades of practice, coaching, learning from others, and research, especially neuroscience. Here are the next seven. 8.A good speech is a contract that exchanges […]
I’m going to develop a series of public speaking principles in the next few blog posts that are a summation of what I’ve learned about this fiendishly difficult art and science over three decades of practice, coaching, learning from others, and research, especially neuroscience. Here are the first seven. 1.A speech should be about one […]
I’ve written a number of times on the secrets for professional public speaking success. But more recently, I’ve started thinking about the personal qualities that are important for success in this challenging field. The life of a public speaker is a difficult one – not as difficult as coal mining, perhaps, but difficult nonetheless in […]
I so often write about how to create and give better speeches that I rarely write about listening to speeches. But of course the audience is one of the three essential elements of a public speech – without an audience, it’s not a speech any more than it’s a speech without a speaker or content. […]
The only people who like change are wet babies. I forget who originally told me that wonderful saying – I’m afraid it has been lost in the mists of time. So if it was you, then please remind me and I’ll be happy to share the credit. The only reason to give a speech is […]
The secret wish of every speaker, once they’ve gotten past the goal of simply surviving the experience, is to have the audience leap to their feet as one at the end of the speech and deliver a heartfelt, rousing, long, noisy standing ovation. Admit it: you want to deliver something extraordinary, something unforgettable – something […]
A recent study sheds light on an important aspect of the speaker’s life – the post-speech end of the adrenaline cycle. A great deal has been written about the front end of that cycle. I’ve posted many times about adrenaline and how to manage it, but, like my fellows in the world of communication studies, […]
