Public Speaking: The curse of charm

Public Speaking: The curse of charm

Jul. 5, 2012 by

Not one, but two of my clients are in trouble because they each have a super-abundance of charm. Accomplished, handsome raconteurs, they hold forth in meetings with panache, tossing off confetti clouds of words that flit, rise and fall on

Good speakers don’t boast

Good speakers don’t boast

Jun. 8, 2012 by

Whenever you give yourself a compliment in front of an audience, you run the risk of being seen in a negative light. For instance, telling stories about how you won a big piece of business by being a super salesman may

Public Speaking:  Two sentences at Gettysburg

Public Speaking: Two sentences at Gettysburg

Mar. 15, 2012 by

It is telling that the greatest presidential speech in American history begins with a sentence that summarizes 87 years of our national story.  It is a sentence above the fray, in fact 30,000 feet above the fray.  It describes, from