Presentation Skills:  Tell, Sell, Solve

Presentation Skills: Tell, Sell, Solve

Jun. 8, 2012 by

There are some circumstances in which we can tell an audience what to do, some where we must sell them (or convince) them to do something, and then there are those times when we do not have the authority (or

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