Three questions to find your story
What’s your story ? Identifying the story that will help you make your point, land the donor, or sell the job can involve many more questions than answers, at least [...]
Lecterns, Scripts, PowerPoint: Tools or Traps?
I have to admit — I love lecterns. (Some people call them podiums, but they are lecterns.) I love knowing that I can put my notes there just in case [...]
Speakers: Acting Techniques That Will Make You A Rock Star!
“You want me to what?” That’s sometimes the response clients exclaim when I ask them to break out their inner actor on the platform. Let’s face it — when you’re [...]
How to Vanquish the Stage Fright Saboteur in Your Psyche!
Mark Twain is quoted to have said: “There are two kinds of speakers. Those that are nervous, and those that are liars.” I have to say, in my personal experience, [...]
Do You Want to Live Longer, Appear More Competent and Feel Everyday as if Someone Handed You $25,000?
Ron Gutman wrote the book on smiling, and why we all ought to be doing it more often! The organizer of TEDxSilicon Valley and author of Smile: The Astonishing Powers [...]