They made it—just under the wire! Audible.com has just released my latest audiobook Speak with Confidence! in time for our upcoming public workshop Presentations That Work, June 14-15. It’s also available on Amazon.com and iTunes. Now about you. If you find yourself giving more and more presentations (And who doesn’t? Life is a series of [...]
Our consumer culture loves new things. We thrive on the latest trends, gizmos, and gimmicks. But sometimes the right message for the moment resides on your bookshelf or eReader inside the pages of a classic written a hundred years ago. As you aim to communicate with your audience, don’t always assume that you need to [...]
The “information should be free” controversy has been raging for the last several years with no signs of resolution. Big money rests on the outcome. Google argues their right to collect it, categorize it, archive it, and grant admission for others to get to it. A decade ago newspapers claimed they owned electronic rights of [...]
But you get my point: In real life, important communication—whether writing or speaking—deserves your undivided attention and concentration.
A new book released today, SuperCompetent® by productivity expert Laura Stack, amplifies this same idea. Check out the third of her six A’s on becoming a supercompetent employee: attention (focus and concentration).
Guest Column With more than a billion presentations given in one month, it’s no surprise some are really quite boring. After all, it’s much easier to recite information than to make an interactive presentation. If you truly want to connect with your audience, you can choose to make your presentations more engaging and interactive. It’s as [...]
Attention members of the training industry! Come visit me at the ASTD 2009 International Conference & Exposition – Washington, D.C., May 31-June 3, 2009! I’ll be speaking and doing an autographing session on Sunday, May 31, at 1:45 p.m. · Creating Personal Presence: Communicating with Confidence® in the C-Suite (1:45 – 3:00 p.m.) · Book [...]
For those of you who may be looking for a job, L. M. Sixel, of the Houston Chronicle, interviewed me this week for a round-up article with a new twist on job hunting: how to “freshen” your résumé if it has been circulating for a while—or if you think that your career history is rather [...]
Guest Blog Post by Philip Yaffe Abraham Lincoln, America’s iconic 16th President (1861-65), was never known as either a great writer or a great orator. Yet he penned one of the most highly praised and oft-quoted speeches in history. It was probably so good because it clearly expressed his controlled passion toward the monumental event [...]
Once a year, I host a 3-day publishing event for both seasoned and first-time authors. Of all my workshops, coaching sessions, and keynotes throughout the year, I just might look forward to this one the most. Lives change, careers blossom, and relationships develop during each intense workshop. Almost every time someone discovers that I’m an [...]
Have you ever “dismissed” someone because of their grammar? For example, on a social networking site, have you ever read through someone’s profile and noticed errors like who’s for whose and employee’s for employees or sentences that continued for seven lines without a period? Seeing so many errors, have you ever clicked away, deciding that maybe a [...]
