Let’s say you’ve got a very important presentation that’s due this week. The more you prepare, and the closer you get to the deadline, the more nervous you get. How can you control your nervousness so it doesn’t sabotage your presentation? How do you get those butterflies to fly in formation? I’m going to share…
“I believe that we aren’t half afraid of dying as we are that no one will remember we were ever here.” – LaShunda Rundles, 2008 World Champion of Public Speaking I first heard those words on August 16, 2008, in Calgary, Canada. I was in an audience of nearly 2000 people for the coveted Toastmasters…
I’m going to predict your future for 2013. Forgive me in advance if this is rubs a bit too close to the bone. It’s not meant to be offensive, but it is meant to be objective. (I’ll explain in a second.) You will break your resolutions by the end of January. You will make the…
Have you ever wondered how you can toot your own horn, get ahead in your career and become more valuable in the marketplace, all without annoying people? Today I will share with my readers the secret of how to accomplish this. I’m the former training director for the Denver Rocky Mountain News. They used to…
I recently attended a social media debriefing conducted by the public relations firm, Ground Floor Media. They attended the 19th Annual South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. South by Southwest is a digital and social media conference that provides roughly 300 sessions per day for five days. It is the greatest source of…
As I write this article, the Games of the 30th Olympiad are taking place in London. Regardless of the country you are rooting for, there is a technique used by every coach to motivate his or her players. This technique is as ancient as Shakespearean times, and beyond, and every country in the London 2012…