Content, Inspiration, Storytelling 18 Nov 2017 Is It Really The Most Important Word In Public Speaking? I’m a great fan of Luciano Pavarotti. Every time we cook at home, Pavarotti enchants our kitchen with “ fm No Comments
Speeches & Presentations, Storytelling 19 Apr 2017 When The Audience Starts To Mentally Vomit What is the second slide in a PowerPoint presentation after the deadly boring title slide? Sometimes it's the deadly boring… fm No Comments
Content, Storytelling 17 Nov 2016 When The Scent Of Gasoline Mingled With The Smell Of Popcorn She spoke with clarity, she smiled, she had great charisma. With sparkling eyes she presented one of her company’s major… fm No Comments
Storytelling, Structure 29 Oct 2016 The Recipe: Seven Juicy Ingredients For A Tasty Story How does a business guy from Toronto to Tokyo tell the story of The Lord of the Rings? It goes… fm No Comments
Rhetoric, Storytelling 26 Sep 2016 The Moment That Changed Everything Mark Hunter from Australia is a dear friend of mine. Mark has wise hair, a wise radio voice, and the fact… fm No Comments
Content, Persuasion, Storytelling 16 Jul 2016 Generic Is Dead Long Live Specific The longer I deal with the art of speaking, the more I'm frustrated with people's incapability to give specific examples. Specific… fm No Comments
Storytelling 28 May 2016 Your Situation Is Not Their Situation A classical stumbling block for public speakers is the so called curse of knowledge. The curse of knowledge occurs when… fm No Comments
First Sentence, Inspiration, Speeches & Presentations, Storytelling 16 May 2016 10 Ways To Destroy Your First Impression I'm a great fan of Ernest Hemingway. Think about him. Think about his 1952 classic The Old Man and the… fm No Comments
Inspiration, Speeches & Presentations, Storytelling 18 Apr 2016 Will Emotions Ever Be Wrong In Public Speaking? In one of my trainings, after an extremely emotional speech by one of the participants, another woman said during the… fm No Comments
Inspiration, Speeches & Presentations, Storytelling 26 Nov 2015 Is Your Speech A Wikipedia Speech? Wikipedia is a blessing; Wikipedia is a curse. Especially for public speakers. It's a blessing because you can investigate rapidly… fm No Comments