One of the best ways to improve your presentation skills is to watch yourself on video. It’s not always a pleasant experience to see ourselves as others see us. In fact it’s no wonder that the “hide self-view” feature in Zoom is so popular! So if you...
If you feel presentation anxiety before stepping up to the podium or lose your composure when something goes wrong, there’s one important thing you can do to calm yourself. Best of all, it’s simple. It something you do thousands of times every day without even...
If you want to tell more powerful stories that engage and persuade, try what I call the “Malcolm Gladwell Method.” The celebrated author didn’t invent this style — in fact, PR pros will recognize it as plain old feature journalism — but it’s a great way to grab...
Handling negative feedback is always hard, whether it’s after a presentation, in a performance review or via a passing comment from a colleague or friend. Sometimes it’s enough to make you question your worth or even your very identity. (Is that the way people...
When adults used to ask my tall-for-his-age son where he went to school, his answer would perplex them. “I go to B4,” he’d say. They’d look at me quizzically, probably wondering, “Before? “Before what?” I’d explain that...
