Connect The Dots In Your Presentation

By Kristin Arnold, High Stakes Meeting Facilitator & Mainstage Conversationalist In a motion picture, every second costs thousands of dollars to produce – so every second counts.  Every second contributes to the overall story.  Nary a second is wasted.  So when I...

5 Simple Tips to Master the Mic

By Deborah A. Genovesi, PR Veteran & Former TV Reporter How many times have you been in a public place, a train station, or an airplane and someone makes an announcement over the PA that is totally unintelligible? There are a few simple things that can be done to...

Your Speaking Platform: Who, What, When, Where, Why?

By Mara Purl, Actress/Author/Audio Book Performer Your Speaking Platform: Who, What, When, Where, Why? These are the classic journalist’s questions. They also form the perfect structure for building an author-speaker platform. Who? A. Who are you as a speaker? The...

Is Every Presentation a Remix?

By Kristin Arnold, High Stakes Meeting Facilitator & Mainstage Conversationalist One of the reasons I love long weekends is that I can catch up on my “reading” – including links, blogs, videos and the like that help me explore different lines of thinking. And so I...

How to Maintain Your Passion as a Speaker

By Sharon Lechter, International Speaker & Author “Rich Dad Poor Dad” As speakers, we have the opportunity to motivate individuals, give inspiration and spread messages of hope to hundreds, sometimes thousands. We also have a responsibility to ‘serve’...