Everything begins with and flows from your state. Your results in public speaking or any other activity you engage in will only be as effective as your personal state.
Your state manifests from your thoughts, beliefs and emotions; in particular those you choose in the moment.
When you drill down further, what are beliefs? Your beliefs are [...]

Right now, in your mind’s eye, look back to the most memorable, positive conversation you can remember. One where the rest of the world dissolved into a blur; background noise; your enthusiastic attention focused intensely on this person, this conversation and this subject. In fact, you could see, hear and feel the subject of discussion [...]

No matter what you level of public speaking experience, whenever you open your mouth, whether you’re talking to one person or a thousand, you usually want to get a specific message across. Anyone who sets out to present, persuade, and propel with the spoken word faces pitfalls. And, as technology and travel budgets play a [...]

Every year, I challenge myself on my birthday by doing consecutive push-ups to match the birthday I’m celebrating. As you can imagine, the task becomes more difficult every year. Last year, I felt fortunate to have eeked out the 38th push-up.
This year, on my 39th birthday, I realized there was a chance I might not [...]

We talk a lot about organizing our content, main points, opening and closing, but we rarely talk about how to get from one segment to the next.
How do you handle the spaces in between your points, stories, examples, and exercises? These are your transitions.
It’s as important to plan your transitions as it is to plan [...]