Question: “I’ve been told that I say the words “um” and “uh” throughout my presentation. Most of the time I don’t even notice that I say them. How do I [...]
Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink, The Tipping Point, Outliers, What the Dog Saw and others, discusses the American quest to find the perfect spaghetti sauce in this 17-minute TED video, and [...]
Last week I was fortunate to spend the day at TEDxMcGill, being inspired by a series of short presentations along the theme of “Relentless Curiosity”, by individuals in the McGill [...]
My colleague Jane Atkinson, speaker coach and President of Speaker Launcher, recently launched a Best Speaker Video contest on her blog. For many speakers, a speaker video is the #1 form of [...]
I was compelled to re-post this video, originally featured on the Huffington Post website. It features Councilman Phil Davison of Minerva, Ohio, making a fiery speech at the Stark County [...]
In this talk, the Jamie Oliver presents his TED Prize acceptance speech, where he reveals his wish to change the world. Compelling, persuasive, and at times heart-breaking, I highly recommend [...]
Evan Williams is one of the co-founders of Twitter. As a result, he’s probably invited to speak to tell his story and share his insights to all sorts of audiences. So how did he do in this [...]
This is my first blog. And I type my way into the world of blogging with both trepidation and excitement. I hesitated before jumping into this world for a long time; “There are millions of [...]