Blog: Public Speaking Tips & Advice

As a former techy, hard skills were everything. I needed to know this programming language and that CRM system, as well as x years’ experience of C, and z years’ experience of J++. Hard skills dominated the landscape.

Interviews with techies are not fun, because techies don’t…

Wednesday afternoons didn’t usually work that well for Sue. It was her own fault really, she mused, as she walked along the advertising agency’s uplit corridor, a skinny latte in one hand and a bulging and expensive briefcase in the other. The lighting,…

I’ve been battling with my fear of public speaking for years; stuck in my foxhole, at war with myself. In no-man’s land, bombarded and besieged by a firestorm, a crossfire of negative thoughts. It’s like a time-bomb. The longer the delay, the greater the damage. My head could explode any moment. I need some guerrilla tactics.

My first speech was a dud. That came as a bombshell. My…

Some American and UK corporate speakers (including costly, professional ones) are increasingly trying to impress audiences with their use of phraseology which many in any audience don’t understand. Senior managers - and therefore junior ones - believe that this practice puts them among the alpha…

One of Michael Jackson’s breakthrough songs famously included the pattern, ‘A, B, C, 1, 2, 3’. The same pattern has helped politicians, statesmen and businessmen alike. Three is the magic number, so let’s explore why it’s so powerful.

Obama’s forebear, John F. Kennedy, enjoyed triads. No, not…