The Serious Business of Being Funny: New Ways Women Use Humor to Engage Audiences
Let’s get serious about humor. Being funny is empowering. When women do comedy, they are in charge. But the same holds true for anyone delivering a…
To Confront or Not to Confront? Speak Truth to Power
Did you see the video of teacher Kristen Mink that went viral? She confronted EPA Director Scott Pruitt in a café, telling him the reasons…
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How to Introduce a Speaker at a Meeting or Conference
If you are asked to introduce the speaker or a panel for a meeting or event, you may not realize what an important role you…
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Women in Meetings MS-represented: Your Quotability Quotient
The actress Jennifer Lawrence recently wrote about a disheartening experience she had expressing an opinion to a man who worked for her (versus the other…
Why Speakers Should Seek (And Appreciate) Critical Feedback
Without feedback, we live in our own bubble, unaware of how people see us. Consider this: You’re the same person at the podium that you…
WHAT WE CAN LEARN ABOUT CRISIS COMMUNICATION FROM FACEBOOK’S BETRAYAL
In the book Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg asks, “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” addressing the self-doubts that hold many women back. Unfortunately,…
ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS: USING A GAMING STRATEGY TO PREPARE YOUR REMARKS
If you’ve ever attended a retreat with icebreakers, you might have enjoyed a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors which is a hand game usually played between two…
The Uses and Abuses of PowerPoint
For the sake of this article, I refer to the most commonly used presentation software but there are other tools available, such as Powtoon, which…
Happy Holidays 2017
Happy Holidays to my friends and blog-readers! This has been quite a month with the Thomas Fire consuming our attention. But keep in mind the…
A High Stakes, Big-Impact Presentation Benefits from a Professional Coach (The Likability Penalty Part 3)
While few of us will run for office, those of us in business or professional life often need to “campaign” for funding, endorsements, or promotions….