A new client recently shared this self-judgment: I’m not energetic, dynamic, funny, or entertaining. I speak in a monotone. When I asked how she practices her public presentations, she said, I walk around my office reading my bullet points, and then I do it from memory. I took this to mean, I read my bullet points Read More
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Public Speaking Tip 31: Want People to Listen? Add Some Drama
Remember the years right after high school — when you were going to college, or working your first full-time job, or both? Chances are, life felt pretty dramatic back then! Romance, friends, bosses, colleagues, deadlines, homework, extracurriculars. And maybe, in the words of blues singer Mose Allison, you were also Drinking and a-gambling, stayin’ out Read More