Eye contact is one of the most powerful tools you have to build connection with your audience. However, far too many speakers squander the opportunity by looking back at a screen, up toward the ceiling, or down at the floor. Here are 10 simple … [Continue reading]
8 Tactics For Using Charismatic Language
Charisma is rooted in language, values, and emotional expressiveness. So says John Antonakis, Marika Fenley, and Sue Liechti in their excellent June 2012 Harvard Business Review article entitled “Learning Charisma: Transform yourself into the person … [Continue reading]
3 Questions To Prompt Stories Worth Telling
Every idea worth spreading must be packaged in a story worth telling. So, it is no surprise that the question I most frequently get from TED speakers that I coach and from the people that have read my book "How To Deliver A TED Talk" is 'Which story … [Continue reading]
3 Heroes Of Master Storyteller Joseph Campbell
In the first episode of the 1988 PBS series "Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers", Campbell outlines the three types of heroes that you should work into your stories. Joseph Campbell is the father of modern storytelling having … [Continue reading]
3 Best Ways To Start Your Speech
Of the countless ways to begin your speech, I am going to detail the three types of openings that the most compelling TED speakers use to engage their audiences. Remember that the first ten or twenty seconds of your speech is the peak of your … [Continue reading]
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