How to be a great host (at Ignite)
Ignite Seattle, an evening of fast presentations, runs like clockwork. We think of the evening as a show, and each…
Ignite Seattle, an evening of fast presentations, runs like clockwork. We think of the evening as a show, and each…
I recently wrote a harsh review of Prezi, focusing on how that tool makes it easy to make distracting,…
One of the many jokes about Powerpoint is how much time people who use it spend picking transitions between…
I’m often baffled by which things online are popular, as it has little to do with what’s good. The…
Yesterday I was interviewed on NPR about great commencement speeches, and presentations in general. They had me on for…
I’m being interviewed on Wed on NPR about commencement speeches. Update: I was interviewed yesterday on NPR about this. You can…
Many people attend lectures at events and think: “I could do better than that” or “I have an amazing…
I get asked about this often. Most of the news here isn’t good. There is a stigma around the…
Update: A post based on these survey results was posted: How to become a motivational speaker.
Paul Graham wrote recently on his perspectives on the written vs. spoken word. Graham admits he’s more confident as…
I get many emails asking about writing, in response to the popular posts I’ve written about writing. Recently Shawnee M.…
It is foolish to confuse a moment of forgetting with stupidity. All people who speak make mistakes. We forget…
There is a moment in bad product demos when everyone knows the speaker is in trouble. We watch them…
Great post on AndyBudd.com on why conferences costs so much: Let’s assume that this $1000 a ticket conference happens…
To follow up on my open letter to conference organizers, here’s an open letter for speakers. Dear Speaker: Most…
João Adolfo Lutz asked me recently about noting time progressed / remaining in slides: I’d like to know what…
One famous speech in public speaking history is the Dr. Fox lecture. Researchers hired an actor to pose as…
Dear Conference Organizer: For centuries you and your peers have helped spread good ideas. For that, I like you.…
To help celebrate the recent release of the paperback edition of Confessions of a Public Speaker, as well as…
To celebrate the release of the paperback edition of Confessions of a Public Speaker, here’s a kick-off post for…