social occasions

30 Ways to Tell Mom You Love Her

mother: (muh-th-er) noun One person who does the work of twenty. For free. See also “masochist” and “saint.”   Mothers are, by and large, sentimental beings.  A crayoned “I LUV...

How to Tell A Great Story

I’ve come to realize that excellent storytelling has become a bit of an obsession for me.  The more I work with both novices and professionals on delivering great speeches and...

Eight Great Ways to Open a Speech

Media Trainer Brad Phillips has produced some great written material about speech presentation.  I am indebted to him for providing this terrific list, with illustrationss, which was offered over three...