How to Set Up a Webinar Experience That Keeps Your Audience Listening

How to Set Up a Webinar Experience That Keeps Your Audience Listening

Many of us spend a great deal of effort promoting our webinars. We send invitations, write compelling descriptions, and persuade people to attend. Have you noticed that once they arrive, many presenters make a common mistake? They begin with an agenda slide. An agenda...
How I Turned One Executive Conversation into Six Clients

How I Turned One Executive Conversation into Six Clients

Several years ago, after a presentation to professional speechwriters, John, the head of corporate communications at a large technology company, walked over and said, “I am going to set up a conversation with my boss, an executive with a Fortune 500 company. He is a...
What a Story Contest Really Teaches You About Speaking

What a Story Contest Really Teaches You About Speaking

Recently, I had the pleasure of giving a rehearsal coaching session for the National Speakers Association Northern California (NSANC) Last Story Standing contestants. Six speakers. Six powerful stories. Five minutes each. And every single one of them was...
From Pressure to Privilege: What Happens When Masters Show Up

Do You Have the Talent and the Patience for Great Success?

As a seasoned professional speaker, I am frequently asked for advice by up-and-coming speakers. They enjoy my programs on How to Open Your Presentation with Impact and Under the Magnifying Glass: Good to Great Presentations. However, there is one piece of advice they...