When reviewing someone else’s presentation, use these lists to help.
March 30, 2015
Last night I coached a young woman who was being interviewed later this week for a $250,000 full ride scholarship to the college of her
Is it really a presentation problem?
July 30, 2014
These are calls I’ve gotten recently from clients, concerned about performances of some of their key women. “She is fine when she’s one-on-one with colleagues,
On Coaching Speakers
May 23, 2014
This month I’ve been asked twice to orient / train / tell / brief people on how to coach speakers inside their companies. I’ve struggled
Lessons from the Front Row: What not to do in your TEDx talk
May 15, 2014
It was five years ago this last winter that I applied for one of the first TEDx licenses. And apparently, I’m one of the few crazy
The alternative to a disconnected, canned, paid Keynote speaker
May 15, 2014
I just returned from Dallas and an annual conference for the 250 HR professionals within the Alliance Data family which includes Alliance Retail, Epsilon and
The journey to give a TEDx talk: A documentary.
May 30, 2013
After the first TEDxColumbus event in 2009 at the Wexner Center, I remember thinking the day after: why aren’t I doing more of “THIS?” This
The Keynote: One Pathway
January 19, 2012
While we have been involved in hundreds of keynote addresses over the years, I thought it was time to document the pathway of one from
It’s my turn for the stage
October 27, 2011
This week I’ll be speaking at the Cityworks (X)po in Roanoke, Virginia. I was invited to speak on behalf of the TEDx global community, which now equates to 3417
The problem with the panel
September 13, 2011
Let me thank the panelists from last week’s Women and Marketing event at TECHColumbus :Joan Manter,Nancy Bohman,Amy Marshall and Padma Sastry. I won’t repeat the content of
What’s your hook?
July 22, 2011
Late last year when we started paying close attention to good opening hooks, we started noting those TED talks that had particularly good ones. In this 3