Look Natural While Reading A challenging aspect of hosting is reading from a teleprompter. When reading from the prompter, the worst thing somebody can say about you is, “That person is reading [...]

Get The Conversation Going This one’s for all you hosts, whether it’s TV, radio, a panel, a social media video, or a podcast. When you’re the one asking questions, you need to [...]

Get An Early Win For many people, the opening of a speech is the toughest part. I often hear from clients that if they can just make it through the first few [...]

Follow These Tips For Success Webinars have become very popular, and very powerful. They provide you with easy access to multiple people without even leaving your room. And they allow you to grow your [...]

Give The Speaker Your Undivided Attention When you’re in the audience watching someone give a speech, you may not realize this but YOU have an important job: to be a supportive listener. [...]

Strive To Rhyme, Some Of The Time May 12th is National Limerick Day. And a silly day like this is the perfect reminder (as long as the content of your speech allows [...]

It's Probably Not A Great Idea Today is Cinco de Mayo: the Super Bowl of drinking. So what does that have to do with public speaking? Well, many people ask me if [...]

Control The Conversation Picture this: you’re the head of a company, a government official, or perhaps a corporate spokesperson. Your company, or your city, is embroiled in a scandal and you’re tasked [...]

Do NOT Look At Yourself Video conferencing is all the rage these days. And many of you have embraced it, albeit reluctantly. Here’s one tip that will up your game when it [...]

Just Make Sure It's Funny Today is International Moment of Laughter Day and, when it comes to public speaking, people often ask me if they should tell a joke or try to be funny [...]