How Public Speakers Can Use Body Language to Deliver Great Speeches – 3
For public speakers the body language news is both good and bad. The good news is that you are already an unconscious expert, for the most part, in reading some of the body language cues and the...
View ArticleHow Speakers Can Use Body Language To Deliver Great Speeches – 4
For public speakers the body language news is both good and bad. The good news is that you are already an unconscious expert, for the most part, in reading some of the body language cues and the...
View ArticleFive Things You Didn’t Know About Publishing A Book
In celebration of the publication of my new book, Power Cues, let’s compare the state of the industry in 2003, when my first book, Give Your Speech, Change the World, was published, 2008, when Trust...
View ArticleWho Is the World’s Most Influential Leader, and What Does It Take to Lead Today?
Who is the world’s most influential leader? According to our highly unscientific survey last week – a contest we ran in order to give away five copies of my new book, Power Cues – it’s Jesus by a...
View ArticleHow the World Sees Speakers – A Review of Sally Hogshead’s New Book
I first met Sally Hogshead when she was at the beginning of her author-speaker-wisdom leader life, fresh from a meteoric career as the youngest advertising agency chief in the U.S. with the coolest...
View ArticleHow To Reinvent Yourself – Or Detroit
I’ve become a story in a book. In fact, it’s a story about stories. I have Josh Linkner to thank for that. I started working with him about five years ago, and while I’ve gotten a little older, he’s...
View ArticleAre You a Freak? Then Chris Brogan Has Words for You.
When I first met Chris Brogan it was as a stage presence; he was holding forth with his co-author Julien Smith of Trust Agents at SXSW about the new world of the Internet. The crowd was SRO and the...
View ArticleSeven Books for Public Speakers
The pile of books by my desk has become a block to the fire escape, so it’s time to read and review some of them for the insights that they offer public speakers and communicators in general....
View ArticleUseful Books for Speakers
Once again the pile of books that people have sent me has grown dangerously high, so here are a half-dozen quick takes to reduce the size of the pile and let you in on some interesting new reads. 1....
View ArticleAre You Overworked and Overwhelmed? Here’s How to Cope
When I first got the email from Scott Eblin, a friend and sometime client, about his new book, Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative, I was happy for him and secretly hoping that he...
View ArticleThe Five Building Blocks of A Successful Speaking Career
This post is the second in an occasional series about professional speaking careers. I often get asked about how to become a successful (i.e. sustained) professional (i.e., paid) speaker. My response,...
View ArticleDo You Have An Idea That Will Change The World?
I often get asked by potential clients, audience members, and random virtual acquaintances if the idea they present to me as their candidate for a thought leadership program will sell. My reaction is...
View ArticleQ and A with Nancy Duarte and Patti Sanchez
Any book published with Nancy Duarte’s name on it is an event in the public speaking world. And so I was thrilled to see that her new book, Illuminate, was due out today, and delighted to have the...
View ArticleHow to Speak Up Without Freaking Out
Anxiety about public speaking is a near-universal feeling. And so books that focus on helping people deal with that anxiety are perennial sellers. Matt Abrahams’ Speaking up without Freaking Out is no...
View ArticleWhy Going Viral May Be the Worst Thing That Happens to Your Business
The dream of the modern marketer is the viral video, or Internet sensation, or meme. Once you’ve got that, you have it made, right? It’s the modern business equivalent of the old fairy tale line, “and...
View ArticleShould You Self-Publish Your Book or Go the Traditional Route?
I get queries from potential clients who want to write books all the time and the first question they often ask is, “should I self-publish or try for one of the traditional publishing houses?” It’s a...
View ArticleHow to Achieve Breakthroughs in Performance
I was fortunate, recently, to chat with the inimitable Cathy Salit, consultant, CEO, former actor and singer, high-school dropout, and author of the just-published book Performance Breakthrough, A...
View ArticleThe Five Building Blocks of A Successful Speaking Career
This post is the second in an occasional series about professional speaking careers. I often get asked about how to become a successful (i.e. sustained) professional (i.e., paid) speaker. My response,...
View ArticleDo You Have An Idea That Will Change The World?
I often get asked by potential clients, audience members, and random virtual acquaintances if the idea they present to me as their candidate for a thought leadership program will sell. My reaction is...
View ArticleAmy Cuddy on Presence
Amy Cuddy’s wonderful book, Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to your Biggest Challenges, published in 2015, begins with a story of her traumatic brain injury leading to her lifelong interest in...
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