Presentation skill #65:  Getting attention for the right reasons

Presentation skill #65: Getting attention for the right reasons

Nov. 23, 2011 by

Last September, the malevolent toadstool you see in the picture on the left thrust its slimy head out of the familiar soil of my front yard.  It got my attention. I have rarely had mushrooms in my garden, and never

Communication Skills: Consider your voice the thunder

Communication Skills: Consider your voice the thunder

Nov. 18, 2011 by

A few years back The New York Giants won the Super Bowl with two running backs nicknamed Thunder and Lightning.  Thunder was Brandon Jacobs and Lightning was Ahmad Bradshaw. In the first half, Jacobs (aka Thunder, 6’ 4” ; 264)

Public speaking error # 17

Public speaking error # 17

Jul. 6, 2011 by

Just sat through a talk with a long and useless introduction concerning what the speaker had considered saying but decided against, how he stumbled upon his approach to the topic, and finally, the five elements of it he planned to