human nature

Gatekeepers and Self-Publishing

Indie publishers complain that the mainstream publishing establishment acts as a "gatekeeper." Many readers rely on big publishing houses to…

5 months ago

Storytelling Mistakes: Poor Me Stories

Never play the victim card, on stage or in life. Don’t use your audience as a therapist. Your triumph over…

10 months ago

Speechwriting: Rhyme

Many of us can recite poems and lyrics we first heard when we were children. Rhythm and rhyme are beyond…

10 months ago

Public Speaking Dymamics: Vary Your Emotional Intensity

Dynamics—change—is the hallmark of an engaging speech. One variable that’s often overlooked is emotional intensity. Changes in intensity offer a…

11 months ago

Manage an Unruly Audience

Hopefully, you’ll never face a hostile or unruly audience but it’s worth thinking about how you’d handle one. If members…

11 months ago

Let Your Audience in on Your Unspoken Thoughts

Sometimes we say one thing when we want to say another. Maybe you need to reject someone but you want…

11 months ago

Don’t Read Too Much into Faces

A colleague was speaking and that lady in the front row was making him nervous. He was sure she wanted…

11 months ago

Acknowledge the Secrets of Human Nature

Here’s one of my favorite advertisements: This hair salon bills itself as the place “where the women you hate get…

11 months ago

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