Presentation Tips: The Title Slide

Presentation Tips: The Title Slide

Mar. 23, 2007 by

Titles are important.  My Dad was an editor and sometime in the 1950s a manuscript crossed his desk entitled, “Big Yeller Dog.”  He liked the book and decided to publish it, but he asked the author if he could change the title

Public Speaking Tips: My Speech Pet Peeves

Public Speaking Tips: My Speech Pet Peeves

Mar. 9, 2007 by

I had just landed in Atlanta on a Sunday night and was taxiing down the runway when a female voice came over the intercom. “I’d like to take this opportunity to be the first to welcome you to Atlanta International

Effective Speaking: How Much Emotion?

Effective Speaking: How Much Emotion?

Feb. 26, 2007 by

First of all, Ellen DeGeneres is an amazing performer.  She is relaxed (or appears to be), self-effacing, and playful–not mean, like some of the previous hosts of the Academy Awards.  And instead of joking about things going on “in the