A good communications coach (formal or informal) can help you identify communication strengths and weaknesses. Years ago, I was having coffee with a colleague. He mentioned that he had just had a session with his “personal coach.” During the session this coach helped him lay out, in pretty good detail, some strategic goals that he…
So how do you create an online training course that people don’t hate? Six months ago, we set out to recreate the online version of The Fearless Presentations ® Course. To be blunt, when we started, I just assumed that we would just update the videos of the old version, make it look prettier, and…
In the dazzling lights of Sin City, six people rolled the dice on their public speaking fears. They didn’t need the luck of the Irish, though. They registered for our public speaking class in Las Vegas. In doing so, these brave souls discovered a pot of gold that wasn’t at the end of a rainbow….
We have a “bakers dozen” new fearless presenters in Houston, Texas! I had fun working with a big group of people in a recent public speaking class in Houston, Texas. The group was so big, that we had to rent out a room at the airport DoubleTree to fit everyone in! Just as and FYI,…
I was teaching a presentation skills class in Houston this week. I had two separate participants pull me aside at two separate breaks and ask the same exact question… “Why do I still get nervous when I speak in public?” This question is very common (both during a presentation class, and sometimes, even afterward). When…
I was doing article research this week, and I came across a statement by a world-renowned public speaking coach that made me stop dead in my tracks. This coach was answering the question, “If I’ve only got five minutes for a speech, how do I get my key points across in an interesting way?” The…