So much of your presentation success is rooted in PREPARATION. Keep the answers to these questions in mind while you speak. Address them either directly or indirectly, but let them guide what you say and how you say it. Ask yourself: 1. What’s my point? This one seems simple enough. Identify and define your main [...]
Voice of Charter College
Finishing touches are being put on the 2012 Charter College media campaign. Happy to report that my voice serves as Announcer. It’s been great working with Paige from Estipona Group in Reno, Nevada. Radio and TV spots will run in various markets in California, Washington, and Alaska. Here’s a sampling… TV Radio
Sputtering Starts
Well… So… Like… Now… Listen… Actually… These words have found their way to the beginning of sentences. Chances are pretty good you’ve leaned on them yourself when you speak. There’s no doubt you’ve heard them used in business meetings, interviews, presentations, the media, and everyday conversations. My fellow media colleagues are guilty of using the [...]
Speak Up?
It runs rampant at business networking events: the use of upward inflections when folks introduce themselves and their businesses. “Hi, I’m insert name here? … and I own Acme Company? We offer this and that?…. and would love to handle your next project?” Really? Are you sure? Because I’m not. When you end a sentence [...]
“nonversation”
On a recent Southwest flight I came across a great little article in Spirit, the airline’s in-flight magazine. (Sept 2011) It introduced a ‘new’ word: nonversation. Spirit Lexicon Entry No. 883 nonversation ˈnɑn-vər-sā-shən|noun [From Middle English non,not; and Latin conversation, to associate with] 1. A verbal exchange between two or more people that [...]
Lending a Voice to the Martin House
Now and then I’m asked if I’d be willing to donate my voice services for some worthy cause and I always do it without hesitation. When my long time friend, Margie Stehlik, Director of Operations for the Martin House Restoration Corporation asked if I would lend a voice to their new iPhone app, my response [...]
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