A few weeks ago, I was invited to participate on a “Meet the Expert” podcast. Even though I had been given a list of potential questions that would be asked, the interviewer requested that I not write out my answers, as she wanted the interview to sound natural and not scripted. Often in the case […]
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Procrastination
You’re booked for a presentation. The months and weeks pass as your deadline approaches. I’ll work on the presentation tomorrow, you tell yourself. Time doesn’t stand still, yet your progress has stalled. All too often, good presentations fall short of becoming stellar presentations because of a bad habit of procrastination. Why do we procrastinate? There […]
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Procrastination
You’re booked for a presentation. The months and weeks pass as your deadline approaches. I’ll work on the presentation tomorrow, you tell yourself. Time doesn’t stand still, yet your progress has stalled. All too often, good presentations fall short of becoming stellar presentations because of a bad habit of procrastination. Why do we procrastinate? There […]
Emotions and Body Language – What’s the Connection?
Our emotions play a huge role in how we communicate and how our message is received. To a large extent, our communication is driven by how we think and feel in the moment. Our emotions and body language are highly interconnected. We express our emotions through our body language, often on a subconscious level. Not […]
3 Life Lessons Learned from Improv
Would you agree that life can be unpredictable at times? And despite best made plans, things can go awry? Even our conversations are somewhat unpredictable. Do you always know what your conversation partner is going to say? Our lives are like improv – you never know what is going to come your way. Yet, how […]
Lost Your Audience? Ideas to Get them Back when Speaking
You delivered a killer introduction that grabbed your audience’s attention. Now ten minutes into your presentation, you begin to see the tell tale signs that you are losing them. This happened to me when I first starting teaching on the collegiate level many years ago; I would get frustrated. The course material was mostly theory, […]