communication

THE NARRATIVE ARC: Nine Tips for Telling Your Story So Folks Want to Ride on Your Boat

Whether you are writing a speech, a memoir, a novel or non-fiction, you’re going to need a narrative arc. This structural trajectory has been with us for over 3000 years;...

Pausing for Effect: Seven Reasons Pauses Enhance Your Speeches and Presentations (and Eight Ways to Ace Them!)

Inexperienced speakers HATE the idea of “dead air” when they have command of an audience.  Why are so many of us so afraid of silence? Perhaps we fear the audience will consider us inept, or...

Persuasive Speechwriting: Six Solid Tips

I recently came across this article by Adam Frankel, former head speechwriter for President Barack Obama, and loved both the conversational style and the very practical advice he offers.  Here’s...