I had a MAGNIFICENT time being interviewed by the talented Alain Guillot at the McGill Toastmasters Club in a post-meeting interview session. In this interview, Alain and I share a fast-paced, [...]

A super-fun (and early) morning on Global TV Montreal, discussing how to prepare for a speech, why telling a joke at the beginning is a BAD idea, and how to be gentle (yet still helpful) if [...]

I get asked this question a LOT by my students, my clients, and the participants in my Create A Signature Speech That Sells program — so I wanted to share the answer that I typically give. [...]

I was so blown away by the amazing response from this week’s free call on How To Create A Signature Speech That Sells! If you missed it, grab the recording here: http://bit.ly/1l7QiWf. [...]

Question: “English is not my first language, so I really want to make sure that my audience understands me.  As a result, I often read my whole presentation from my notes so that my grammar [...]

Question:  “I’ve got a big presentation coming up, and there’ll be a question-and-answer period following my speech. I’m a little nervous that if I don’t know [...]

Question: “What’s the rule-of-thumb for how often I should practice my presentation? I want to be very familiar with my content, but don’t want it to look too memorized.”  [...]