A few months ago, I asked my newsletter readers to tell me who their favorite speakers were (and if YOU’RE one of my newsletter readers, then I’m talkin’ to you!). It was so [...]

Your presentation is planned. You’ve prepared, rehearsed, you’re wearing your ‘power clothes,’ and you’re saying the silent prayer shared by speakers all over the world: “May my technology work [...]

In August, Mohammed Quatani was crowned the winner of the 2015 Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking with his speech, The Power of Words. Mohammed rose above 30,000 contestants to [...]

In August, Mohammed Quatani was crowned the winner of the 2015 Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking with his speech, The Power of Words. Mohommed rose above 30,000 contestants to [...]

Have you ever spent tons of time and done tons of work building a presentation, and then after delivering it, generally had NO IDEA whether the audience liked it, didn’t like it, or just barely [...]

Something really cool happened. Two months ago, I was approached by the organizers of a women’s leadership conference – targeted to women working in the automotive industry – to give a [...]

As a speaker, do you have a powerful message to convey but feel stumped at how to choose WHAT information, among your lifetime of knowledge and expertise, to put into the presentation? Here are 3 [...]

(This article also appeared in the Huffington Post, Dec. 5 2014) “Designing a presentation without an audience in mind is like writing a love letter and addressing it “to whom it may [...]

Giving a presentation is a huge responsibility. When you’re in that power position in front of an audience, you’ve got to make sure that you’re leaving them informed, intrigued, [...]

We’ve all seen the robotic speakers who may have great content but we can’t get past their nervous body language or frozen delivery style. As a speaker, how we say what we say is [...]