How to Make People Feel Comfortable in a Virtual Meeting
After a recent workshop, one of the participants gave me a lovely compliment: “At the start of our training, you instantly made us feel comfortable
After a recent workshop, one of the participants gave me a lovely compliment: “At the start of our training, you instantly made us feel comfortable
For their final speech of the semester at the Harvard Kennedy School, I asked my students to reduce their reliance on notes. Why? Because when
Imagine being the owner of a public speaking training company during a global pandemic that causes the indefinite cancelation of in-person events. What do you
Exactly one year ago this week, our team started working from home. It’s still on our shared Google calendar as “GPS working from home this
We recently conducted our inaugural survey, The State of Public Speaking, to better understand how professionals from all sectors use public speaking skills. Respondents came
Lately, we have been fielding a lot of questions such as, “How do I speak up in a virtual meeting? My colleagues and I are
As we prepare to put a challenging year behind us, the 2021 communication landscape is going to look very different than it did in 2019.
Many people try to calm their nerves before speaking in public. But as a performer, I know that being nervous before a performance actually keeps
It’s October 2020. In the spring, we were thrust into this new virtual medium. Even those professionals with 20 years of speaking experience were new
“How can we show our teams we are listening to them on video calls?” This was a question asked by one of the participants in
Here in the United States, we left our offices in mid-March ready to spend two weeks working from home. Now, in August, we’re preparing to
Over the past five months, we’ve heard many of the same questions about virtual communication. Whether you’re speaking up more in meetings or giving presentations,