Presentation Tips: Templates are useful

Presentation Tips: Templates are useful

Jan. 5, 2010 by

The arts of music, poetry, literature, and drama have been around so long that each of them has templates.  To dismiss templates is to ignore the wisdom of the ages. To name a few, music has verses and choruses, poetry

Fear and Hope in Presentation Skills

Fear and Hope in Presentation Skills

Jul. 22, 2008 by

I am still holding my ground against Ford Harding.  We have been debating the relative merits of raising FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) in persuasive arguments, or GOG (greed, opportunity, and glory.) For previous exchanges, please click on Fud, Gog, Ethics

Speaking Anxiety: The Mind/Body Toggle

Speaking Anxiety: The Mind/Body Toggle

Jan. 2, 2008 by

Recently, a client of mine, who is also a childhood friend, left me a voice mail saying that he did not think my short article on the power of gesture to create emotion was appropriate for the market I serve.