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Public speaking: Off the cuff is off limits
A gaffe has been described as “speaking the truth by mistake.” Actually, it’s a little more complicated than that. It’s more like saying what you really think at that point in time, which is different from speaking the truth. Both… Read More »Public speaking: Off the cuff is off limits
Public speaking skills are beautiful
On Saturday, August 4th, 2012, I was a judge at the Queen of the Fair pageant at the Sussex County State Fair in Augusta, NJ. The 20 young women were introduced to the crowd one at a time in the… Read More »Public speaking skills are beautiful
Public Speaking: The curse of charm
Not one, but two of my clients are in trouble because they each have a super-abundance of charm. Accomplished, handsome raconteurs, they hold forth in meetings with panache, tossing off confetti clouds of words that flit, rise and fall on… Read More »Public Speaking: The curse of charm
It’s a Trap: A public speaking mistake
I had a new client to meet in New York City, so to beat traffic, I left home early and arrived by 7AM, which left me three hours until the meeting. To kill time, I went to The Harvard Club… Read More »It’s a Trap: A public speaking mistake
Public Speaking: Two sentences at Gettysburg
It is telling that the greatest presidential speech in American history begins with a sentence that summarizes 87 years of our national story. It is a sentence above the fray, in fact 30,000 feet above the fray. It describes, from… Read More »Public Speaking: Two sentences at Gettysburg