E-Newsletter Archive

The ECHO™

• Speaking Up Isn't Hard to Do
• Fight or Flight
• End with Impact
• It's a Virtual World, After All
• Find the Light
• Why Am I Presenting?
• News to Your Audience
• What Are They Asking?
• Who Is the Mystery Voice?
• Practice Makes Perfect
• It's in Your Hands
• Keep Q&A on Track
• Persuading an Audience
• Be a Fountain
• Answering Questions - Where to Look
• A Penny for Your Thoughts
• Briefing Senior Management - Briefly
• Microphones Amplify Monotone
• What's the Point?
• Look Me in the Eye
• It's No Joke
• Whose Conference Is It, Anyway?
• Use Plain, Simple Language
• MessageAides
• I Can't Hear You!
• To the Boss, Briefly
• A Small Key Opens Big Doors
• Your Audience's Shoes
• Anchors Away!
• Saying Goodbye to an Audience
• Don't Talk to the Computer...
• Glossing over Glossophobia
• About Pointers
• Commanding Presence
• How You Present Has Mattered For Thousands Of Years
• A Balanced Stance
• You're Talking, But Are You Saying Anything?
• Web Meetings or Conference Calls
• Find the Right Words for Your Conference Calls
• What's Your Story?
• Pecha Kucha
• Walking or Standing
• "Building" PowerPoint Visuals
• The First 100 Days
• Active Verbs Activate the Brain
• Finish at the Back of the Room
• Round Off Numbers
• A Notch Above
• Stand Up and Be Counted On
• Musical Advice
• Don't Eat and Present
• Einstein and Presenting
• Web Meeting Interaction
• Your Mother Was Right
• You'll Get Objections, So Plan for Them
• A Rather Violent Metaphor-But it Works
• Stage Fright isn't Stage Fright
• PowerPoint 2007 Extensions
• Fool Yourself
• Rephrasing Questions
• Thomas Jefferson's Advice
• It's About Them-Even When It's Not
• Caring For Your Throat
• Talking to the Screen(s)
• PowerPoint 2007 Reminder
• 2000-Year-Old Advice
• Build in Questions as You Go
• One Thought Per Person
• Conference Call Check-ins
• The Tapping Finger Test and Presentations
• Your Audience's First Time
• The Eyes at the Back of the Room
• See the Light
• Help For High-Pitched Voices
• Open With Value
• What Language Are You Speaking?
• A Tip From The Master
• Where To Find Quotations
• 7 Tips for Brain Dumping
• PGP, ASAP
• Video Conferencing, or How Not To Look Creepy
• Two Versions of One Story, Just For Fun
• About "About"
• What’s a Visual?
• Beginning a Year-Beginning a Presentation
• Happy 2007 from Communispond
• Purpose and Outcome
• Don't Let Your Idea Speak For Itself
• Best Practices for Handouts
• 5 Canons of Rhetoric
• One Sentence Answers
• Simile and Synecdoche
• Speaking is Vital to New Careers
• An Analogy is Like a Red, Red, Rose...or Something
• How Much Time Do You Have for a First Impression?
• Presentation or Workout?
• Room Temperature and Attention Span
• Let Them Sleep On It
• Recording Web Meetings
• A Gentle Reminder About Time
• A Helpful Quote
• An Inconvenient PowerPoint
• Ten Dollar Words
• Signal to Noise Ratio
• Data or Wisdom?
• Overcoming Laser Pointer Addiction
• Transitioning Between Visuals
• Speaking on the Spot
• What Is It With Laser Pointers?
• Why Are You Updating People?
• Keeping Updates Current
• Handouts vs. Presentations
• Keep The End in Mind
• Good Advice, Fast
• What is Your Audience Thinking?
• Defining the Problem
• The Reverse 6
• Problem Solving or Problem Causing?
• Giving and Getting Advice
• Communication and Your Stock Price
• Degrees of Change
• Why Oral Communication Skills Matter
• Advice from Linus Pauling
• Are People in the Middle Smarter?
• The Reverse 6
• Napoleon’s Motivators
• A Snide Quote With a Point
• Glossophobia
• 3 Virtual Technologies
• Humor and Gender
• Audiences Don’t Like New Ideas
• The 'Magic Number' and Why We Care About It
• Another Reminder about Rehearsal
• Handling Objections
• 10 Rules for Student Presentations
• The Art of the Abstract
• Could You Pass 'The Apprentice' Test?
• Happy New Year
• Aggressive or Assertive?
• Do You Hate PowerPoint?
• Emotions = Memories
• LCD vs. DLP
• Persuasion Technology
• Powerful Persuasion
• Aristotle's Wisdom
• It's Not Always What You Say. . .
• Audience Body Language Matters
• Toastmasters
• Tips From a Hypnotist
• Using Your Powers For Good...
• Top Speeches Point Towards the Future
• Full Sentences vs. Key Words
• Projecting the Right Image
• Shooting For the 'Soundbite'
• Don't Write it Out Completely
• News Flash about Flash Drives
• This might seem minor...
• Distractions
• Add a Little Drama
• Dress Like a Winner
• Flattery Revisited
• Positive Pauses
• Something to Think About
• 3 Ways to Make a Case
• Gestures and Math
• Start with Agreement
• So Get Started Already
• F1 Stuff
• 'Getting' Sarcasm
• Fighting Demo Distraction
• Trade Show Presenting
• Define Your Outcome
• About 'About'
• Grab Them Quickly
• At Last, a Place to Use Your Geometry
• Removing Electronic Distractions
• Don’t Fight Your Audience
• Quote from the Master
• Use Those Building Blocks
• Don’t Be a 'Know-it-all'
• Project Energy with Gestures
• Branches of Oratory
• Similes and Metaphors
• Links to People Who Care About Language
• Words of Wisdom
• Writing and Speaking Aren’t the Same Thing
• A New 80-20 Rule
• What’s a Rubric and Why Should You Care?