Why Are Speaking Skills Important For Business Success?
Public speaking skills needed Most of us approach public speaking with about as much excitement as we’d have if we were asked to be covered in live tarantulas wearing only our swimmers. Come to think of it, I know a few people who would choose the spiders over...
Should You Blog Your Nonfiction Book?
Have you been wanting to write a nonfiction book for a while now? Perhaps you’ve already written a book or more and have been wanting to get around to doing another one. You face plenty of obstacles if you’re like me. Life is full. Work is busy. Obligations are...
7 Steps To Fight Impostor Syndrome
The power of impostor syndrome What if you’re not good enough? What if I’m not good enough? I bet you feel the power of those questions without even asking, “good enough at what?” Not fitting in feels bad. Being rejected is terrifying. Our human hard-wiring makes us...
12 Communication Skills for Business (and Life) Success
How can I improve my communication skills? Being an effective communicator is the ultimate key to success, whether you’re an entrepreneur or not. But we must define communication skills specifically. Once measured, most anything can be improved. What is having good...
Alexa, Market My Business
What if your clients, customers, and prospects were lining up to invite you into their homes? In noisy, crowded environments, it's challenging to be visible and heard. You want people to read your book, book you to speak, buy your product, listen to your message, and...
Public Speaking Preparation: Clarify Your Central Idea
A great deal of confidence in public speaking stems from proper preparation. To be an effective facilitator, you need a clear idea of what you want to achieve with your presentation. If you create a well-prepared plan, you'll go in knowing when you're doing what, and...
Create Information Products and Share Your Knowledge
We live in a golden age of information sharing. With all the negative talk around sketchy content and fake news, we can lose sight of the powerful, positive side of knowledge sharing. Have you ever considered turning your expertise into information products? This post...
Public Presentations: The 3 Pillars of Professional Speaking
Public Presentations Gone Wrong I recently saw a bad presentation. And I don’t mean bad as in Michael Jackson Bad. The gentleman addressing our group was confident, spoke slowly, and knew his stuff. By all appearances he was an experienced speaker who had given public...
Communication Excellence: 6 Lessons from Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir
Learn Communication Excellence from Who? The Pyeongchang Olympics come to a conclusion this weekend, and NBC has announced that the broadcast team of Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir will host the event live along with the always solid Terry Gannon. Whether you care...
Giving a Speech: An Award Winning Example
Music star Bruno Mars had a big night at the 2018 Grammy Awards, winning a few of the industry's biggest accolades. He capped the night by winning album of the year and ended the evening by giving a speech that worked. I want to share eight reasons the Bruno Mars...
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