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Ready! Set! Now…Let Go! It’s the last 10 minutes of four 2-hr. Speaker’s Training for the I.T. Department at Western Carolina University…. The attendees speaking tool-box is well stocked now. From content to posture, mindset to how to open a speech. We’ve covered the gamut. We’ve practiced. Exchanged direct feedback. And shared many laughs and fun along the way. Vast improvements …
Five drafts, three feedback sessions, two coaching appointments, one inquiry phone call. And a partridge in a pear tree…… When speaking to an audience, I always strive to be relevant, engaging, informative and inspiring. This is why, recently, before presenting for an organization, I did FIVE re-writes. You see, during a preparatory feedback session, I felt it instinctually. I …
A presenter stands in front of a well-designed logo projected on the screen. She starts her presentation. Each time she speaks a word with a “P” sound, she stops talking. This is because her “P” resonates with emphasis through the speakers, she’s feeling uncomfortable and noticeably irritated. It happens again. She stops talking and shifts her attention to the sound. …
It’s 1966. I’m in 1st grade at Ira B. Jones Elementary School. We are learning gallons, quarts, pints, cups and all those measuring computations. Numbers and I are not friends. Overwhelmed with too much information, too quickly, my little 6 year old says with unwavering clarity, “I’m not going to learn this.” And, so, I dragged it into the mental …
Making assumptions can be a dangerous thing to do. But I’m going to take a risk here and make one about you: You are a life-long learner! I am, too! Here are some reasons why I assume this: You are here – either at my website or on social media, seeking avenues for expanding your knowledge. You attended a …
