How to keep your voice healthy through the holidays
December is a great time of year for holiday parties and dinners. That can make it a rough time of year for your voice. Opera
December is a great time of year for holiday parties and dinners. That can make it a rough time of year for your voice. Opera
Chapter 3 of The Leadership Challenge, by James Kouzes and Barry Posner, says a leader needs to have a clear sense of his/her own values.
I recently judged a case competition at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, where I’m an adjunct professor. The competition was part of the residency program
How much time do you spend writing a speech? I would guess that your answer is somewhere between a few hours and a few days.
Sometimes giving a speech is the easy part. You write the speech at your own pace, you give the speech in front of an audience,
Last week, US President Barack Obama spoke at the funeral of Rev. Clementa Pinckney in Charleston, South Carolina, after the terrible shooting at the Emanuel
At nearly every single workshop, someone asks me, “how do I get to the point?” or, “how can I be concise while speaking in public?”
We all make mistakes from time to time when speaking in public. I often joke that there are two versions of every speech: the one you
We all know the major filler words out there: um, ah, like, you know, so… But there are a few really bad filler words that you
This is one of the most frequently-asked questions during my workshops and coaching sessions. We all know it’s hard to keep an audience’s attention – after
One of the best ways to keep your audience’s attention is to structure your speech with “signposts” or transitions which tell your audience where they
While walking along 14th Street, NW in downtown DC over the holidays, I came across this quote posted outside a storefront: “If you want something in