When Technology Fails During Your Presentation Having a technology failure during a presentation is almost inevitable. I recently gave a one-hour lunch-and-learn for some folks at a tech company. They wanted me to talk about some of the common pitfalls that...
The most popular phone call we get at MillsWyck Communications The situations are different but the calls are the same about confidence in public speaking: conference speaker, all-hands meeting, wedding toast, stand before peers speaking in a second language, or asked...
Similarities and Differences Between Speaking and Writing There are many similarities between speaking and writing. While I’ve never considered myself a writer by trade, I have long recognized the similarities between writing and speaking. Writing my book was the...
Emceeing an Event A Speaker’s lessons from the trenches I recently had the opportunity of emceeing an event, a large fundraising banquet. It presented several challenges: Introducing a speaker who I would not meet and did not know personally Connecting several...
Public Speaking: Creating the Impression You Want In public speaking, creating the impression you want isn’t always easy. Aristotle wisely said: “The impression created by the speaker as he utters the speech is the single greatest power of persuasion.” How you...
Public Speaking Myths In the last two weeks, I’ve had multiple students in my workshops ask incredulously, “I get what you’re teaching, but I was taught the exact opposite. Which is correct?” Those are the sorts of questions that can strike fear into the heart of an...
