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The #1 Best Way to Present from Behind the Lectern
What is the #1 best way to present from behind the lectern? Take a half-step back. One that is wide enough to put some distance between the lectern and you, yet close enough to maintain visual contact with your notes and vocal contact with the microphone, unless you...
Move Over “UH”, “UM” & “AH”. “SO” Is Taking Over.
In The Speaking Intensive, Lisa and I have seen noticed a trend of using a new non-word to start a presentation, link presentation segments and fill pauses. Move over "UH", "UM" & "AH". "SO" is in the house! While "SO" obviously has legitimate uses as a...
Risky Business: How Audience Capture Can Sabotage Your Presentation
Don't let your audience or hosts "capture" you and ruin your presentation. Great speaking starts with moving from the all too common mindset of Here I Am – my ideas, my thoughts, my goals, my objectives – to coming from a place of There You Are, where you can focus on...
Subtlety & Perception: A Quick Lesson in Presenting from the Federal Reserve
“The Ray Rice video for the financial sector has arrived" – or so says Michael Lewis in Bloomberg. On NPR’s “This American Life” this past weekend, the inner workings of the Federal Reserve Bank were revealed in embarrassing ways. The overriding concern is "regulatory...
OnWallStreet: Ten Thousand Thank Yous!
Exciting news! OnWallStreet magazine has placed my little book, Questions Great Financial Advisors Ask … and Investors Need to Know, co-authored with David Richman, on their Summer Reading 2014, Part 2: Top Picks on Amazon list! We are truly honored to be included...
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