If you're a speaker, you're a presenter of any kind, I'm sure that you've had your share of evaluation or feedback forms. Some forms are written in such a way that they’re very helpful, asking questions that provide opportunity for change, and growth on the part of...
Recently I interviewed entrepreneur, Iman Aghay, who is a firm believer in the power of storytelling. When I asked him how he manages to leave such a lasting impression with his audiences, he said, “I tell a lot of stories”. He went on to say, “The way people know...
When the seminar leader shouted out, “You need to build confidence in you” to all of us seated in the seminar room, I knew instinctively, he was talking to me.Why Did I Need to Build Confidence? I was one of those people who would turn around a corner at work and take...
We are all born with potential to reach heights that we may only dream of: potential to do, to achieve, to make a difference. Too often these dreams just fade away into the reality of life’s demands. But does it have to be this way? Recently I did a zoom interview...
Have you ever felt you’ve been taken advantage of at work, by your boss, by your co-workers and colleagues? You want to say ‘No’ but just can’t bring yourself to say it. After all they say such wonderful things about you. - You’re such fun to work with …- You are so...
I was reading a story about when Oprah was a small child. She was watching her grandmother boil clothes ‘in a big cast-iron pot in the yard.” Then, her grandmother would pull the steaming clothes out of the pot and hang them on the clothes line to dry. Oprah remembers...
‘Ditch the Elevator Pitch’. In her May, 2012 article in Forbes, Jacquelyn Smith staff writer says, “… ditch the pitch… It basically describes what sales people used to do – throw information at prospects hoping to sell a service or product before the buyer could hang...
Distractions! They are everywhere, and can drive us on the road to exasperation, especially when we are sitting in the audience and find that we seriously have to work at tuning both ears to what the speaker is saying. All too often, something quite unrelated comes in...
After filling out the application form, then holding my breath through the lengthy interview, I received the call. I had been chosen as one of the two impact speakers for the United Way Lower Mainland fund raising campaign. What could be better than this? Going into...
Speaking notes are an important tool when making a speech or presentation; they organize the flow of the topic, keep you on track and serve as cheat sheets for salient points such as statistics. But what to do with those cumbersome notes? Whether you are a newly...
Defining success is like nailing jelly to a tree, but success characteristics ... now that is a different story. Every New Year I think about what speaking for success will look like for me in the months ahead: the opportunities, the experiences, the people. Whether...
Never pass up the opportunity to speak encouraging words to someone for spoken encouragement is a powerful neurotransmitter and key to success. We have all met these people oozing success from every pore. They knew exactly what they wanted to do from the moment they...