Making a Valentine’s Day Connection Whether you celebrate Valentine’s Day with a significant other or not, this is a day for making a connection with someone. You never know what kind of impact you will make. Successful speakers know how critical it is to make a connection with their audience for their message to be […]
Speaking Tips
Are you Afraid of Public Speaking?
Tips and Techniques to Minimize Your Public Speaking Fear “I hate public speaking!” a potential client announced. “Yet, I have to do it because of my job.” “Tell me why you hate it.” I was curious. “I’m afraid I’m going to forget what I’m going to say. I’m afraid I’m going to look foolish – […]
6 Tips for Creating a Powerful Ignite Presentation
How to Create an Impactful Ignite Talk I was recently chosen to present at an Ignite conference. For those who are not familiar with Ignite, it is a fast-paced public speaking event where you speak for 5 minutes with a slide deck where the slides advance automatically every 15 seconds. This type of presentation can greatly […]
What Kind of Speaker are You?
I recently watched Seth Godin, best-selling author and entrepreneur, on his Freelancing Course on Udemy. Speaking in terms of marketing oneself, Godin commented, “Specialization is more important than ever before.” I stopped to think about how this might apply to speaking and how we might be able to take advantage of this concept. I really […]
10 Tips for Acing Your Digital Interview
A colleague recently relayed her story on her sought-after interview. She was a bit unnerved by the experience – not because of the interview itself, but because it was digital. In digital interviews, candiates are video recorded answering pre-recorded questions as opposed to talking to a live person. As more companies seek to reduce the […]
Does Your Presentation Have a Purpose?
Attending the TWIST Conference for Woman breakfast this week, Victoria Budson of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government delivered a dynamic presentation on women and leadership. Of all of the notes I scribbled on the back of my handout (and there were a lot of notes!), one of her quotes jumped out at me as […]