Those awkward crunchy bits of training & development

My good friend & colleague Melanda Schmid & I just finished doing a 6 day training in Cairo, Egypt.  The participants were from 20+ countries & it fell to Melanda to make sure visas were got, tickets were bought & everyone ended up at the right place at the right time. She did a masterful […]

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You make sex boring – 2 funny resources about speaking & training from Scott Berkun, author of Confessions of a Public Speaker

The most recently monthly Rock.Paper.Scissors e-newsletter includes an interview with Scott Berkun, author of  ‘Confessions of a Public Speaker’ and 7 tips on speaking and training I pulled from his book. The newsletter also includes 2 funny resources related to speaking & training.  Things couldn’t possibly go this bad for you: Check out Stuart McLean’s […]

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You make sex boring – 3 resources about speaking & training from Scott Berkun, author of Confessions of a Public Speaker

The new issue of the monthly Rock.Paper.Scissors’ e-newsletter describes my interview Scott Berkun, author of ‘Confessions of a Public Speaker’. It’s a great book and a must read for anyone who finds themselves in front of groups, whether to give a speech or an interactive training. Here are some related speaking & training resources: Check […]

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You make sex boring – getting intimate about speaking and training with Scott Berkun, author of Confessions of a Public Speaker

Setting the Stage: You make sex boring, is one eye-catching item on Scott Berkun’s short list of big things not to do when you’re public speaking.  In other words anyone can kill a topic by speaking in a monotone voice, looking disinterested, picking uninspired examples and behaving like you don’t care about what you’re saying. […]

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