Presentation Tips: Lectern vs. Podium

Presentation Tips: Lectern vs. Podium

Dec. 9, 2007 by

What I have to say about lecterns and podiums is academic, but nevertheless worth mentioning. A podium is a raised platform on which a speaker (or an athlete) stands (look left.)  A lectern is the upright object on which he or

Public Speaking Skills: Mind Maps of Gesture

Public Speaking Skills: Mind Maps of Gesture

Dec. 9, 2007 by

Science, like the rest of us, advances through trial and error, better known as dumb luck. One summer day in 1991, neuroscientists in a lab at Parma University wired up a monkey’s brain for a simple experiment. They wanted to

Speaking Anxiety: Teaching the Shy to Present

Speaking Anxiety: Teaching the Shy to Present

Nov. 24, 2007 by

I have a new puppy named Little Bear.  He has shy moments that make my wife and I want to pick him up and cuddle him.  I also have clients who are shy when they stand up to speak.  I don’t want to