Audience / Presentations Afraid of what someone in your audience will say or think? July 10, 2012 2450 Views Then head them off at the pass! The fancy communications industry term for it is “stakeholder management” which requires an … Read More
Inspiration / Presentation Delivery / Presentations Friday Fun Idea: Karaoke! July 06, 2012 2395 Views Have a speaking gig coming up? Are you super nervous? Having trouble maintaining your voice throughout your talk? Having trouble … Read More
Curation / networking / Presentations 7 tips for getting speaking gigs July 03, 2012 2718 Views As a presentation coach and sometimes curator, folks are constantly walking up to me and saying “Wow, I love speaking. … Read More
Design / Inspiration / Metaphor / Presentations Metaphors series: Leadership June 26, 2012 3133 Views In continuation on my series of brainstorms for alternatives to “played out visual metaphors,” I’m attacking Leadership. This is one … Read More
Design / Images / Inspiration / Metaphor / Presentations Metaphors series: Balanced/Unbalanced June 22, 2012 14360 Views As noted in my last post, I love metaphors and am a huge fan of using them to presentations. I … Read More
Design / Presentations Love thy slide master June 12, 2012 2242 Views Master template in PowerPoint, that is! I can’t tell you how many PowerPoint files I work on where the creator … Read More
Design / Guest post / Presentations Welcome to CONSISTENCY, a guest post by Robyn Wolf June 05, 2012 2611 Views About a year and a half ago, I did a few weeks at GREY Advertising, helping their staff presentation specialist, … Read More
Audience / networking / Presentations Wanna feel more comfortable with your audience? June 01, 2012 2690 Views Let’s say you’re about to speak at a large-stage conference and you’re totally nervous. You hardly know anyone in the … Read More
Color / Images / Presentations Language for discussing images May 29, 2012 2888 Views When working with clients, we sometimes butt-heads when speaking about images. Not because we have different taste, but because we … Read More
Inspiration / Presentations Some of my favorite TED talks April 19, 2012 4237 Views When I was coaching TEDxHarlem, a number of the speakers asked me for talk references. Typically, my next steps would … Read More