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Make 2021 the Year For Less Public Speaking Fear
Make 2021 the Year For Combating Your Public Speaking Fear—Part 1 of 2. Photo Credit: Unsplash and Jonas Jacobsson.
Center On Your Audience Vs. You When You Present
Lessen the Credibility of Your Fears When You Present. Get Into Your Audience's Head. Photo Credit: Unsplash and Kane Reinholdtsen
Liberate Your Writing. Remove Fake Verbs.
If you feel "Meh" about your own writing, consider removing the fake verbs. Photo credit: Unsplash and Tobias Cornille.
Get Resistant Stakeholders On Board.
Gaining a 'yes' vs. 'no' to your request can come with small tweaks to your message. Photo Credit: Unsplash and Bruce Mars.
Remember: Breathe
Breathe. Yes. It's really that simple. Intentional breathing can shift us from panic to resilience, stress to calm.
Compress Your Slides: Three Strategies
Three tried and tested ways to bottom line your information and help showcase to your audience the unique qualities and ideas you possess.
Fret Not in High-Stakes Meetings
Whether you're after funding, approval, or feedback on ideas, this article offers three strategies to replace fear with comfort (even joy) in your next meeting.
Fulfill Your Wish. Just WOOP It.
In this quick article, I'll walk you through the five-minute WOOP process and how it's helped me (and coaching clients) fulfill their wishes and manage distracting habits, too.
Avoid sounding weaselly. Use more active voice.
Few grammar rules rile readers as much as the passive voice. This post provides ways to make your voice sound more active vs. passive—and quick tips (and tools) to fixing the passive voice, too.
Ways to Make Your Presentations Even More Persuasive
How do we get our time-pressed, distracted audience to say ‘yes?’ This post offers three simple business communication tips so compelling, your audience might hand over their time (or money) quicker than you’d expect.
The Struggle To Tell Stories Well: Three Easy Steps
This post outlines three ways to hook (and retain) your audience through effective—and memorable storytelling.
The Cure For Hijacked Presentations
Do you cringe when someone hijacks your high-stakes presentation? If so, you’re not alone. This post outlines ways to stay calm (and centered) when an over-eager attendee hijacks your presentation.
How to Weave In Data
We all know data adds substance and authority to our business messages, but how ought we pick data that works? This post provides five quick business reporter tips to make your messages (both written and oral) more compelling (and legitimate) by using data.