Communication Skills

Many people who have to present tend to “think” too much. They think about where they...

Be careful when sending your presentation to someone for review. If they don’t have the same vers...

Gestures guide the eye of the audience to a place you want them to look. When gesturing to your v...

Thanks to the onslaught of technology and our need to constantly rush through everything, our gra...

Good lighting is the key to a good presentation. The audience should see as much of the presenter...

Most people feel nervous prior to giving a speech.  This is human nature and indeed some degree ...

Action movies always outsell foreign art movies where people sit around and just talk. Every good...

You can wear the perfect suit, have great posture, and put on a winning smile, but you’ll still m...

I often stress to clients that the only way to get dramatically better as a speaker or media pres...

One sure way to be quoted by the press is to give specific, tangible examples that demonstrate yo...

How do you guarantee that you get off on the right foot with an audience? By being introduced exa...

There aren’t many big problems in life that can be solved by doing nothing, but fortunately, that...

That’s right, I stripped for my audience and they loved me for it—or at least they seemed to like...

Of all of the elements of the PR magician’s black bag of tricks, none is more mysterious than the...

If you are within 100 yards of a TV camera, assume that it is on and pointing at you. It sounds l...

From education to brain function to inspiring messages to techno-possibilities, this list repres...

Why do all public speaking trainers stress the need to tell stories in public presentations? Is i...

If you are about to give an opening night performance in a one-man show on Broadway to three thou...

Just as a great Jazz artist who performs nightly can go into a riff for extended sets, so too can...

Nothing is better than when you can make a live audience break up with laughter while you are giv...