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How to reduce your dependency on speaking notes

Increase Your Impact as a Speaker and Presenter

December 22nd, 2020

A woman once told me about having attended her thesis supervisor’s presentation at an academic conference. It took him almost 20 minutes to read his research paper aloud. When he […]

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9 tips to improve the chances of getting your op ed published

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July 18th, 2018

In the dog days of summer 2017, when many people were at the beach, or glued to the media coverage of Charlottesville’s neo-Nazi march and the shocking response from the […]

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Storytelling and the power of visual feedback

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May 15th, 2017

I undermined the impact of my opening. I relied on my notes too much. I failed to advance my slides as intended. Those are just three of the critical observations […]

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How to rescue yourself from a poor introduction

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September 14th, 2016

  Three times in recent weeks, women I know and respect have declared, in conversation or in print, “I’m really good at what I do.” In all cases, I knew them […]

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