Mastering the Power of Pauses: Enhance Your Communication, Presentation, and Storytelling Skills
I'm always reminding the people I work with that in order to achieve effective communication we should think about pausing as something we do for the listener: a pause creates space in which to process information, so your thoughts are more digestible. Then listeners can pick up on their value.
Have these top politicians had speech coaching? (and how you can tell)
This week I was featured in an article in the Daily Telegraph, one of the UK's main national newspapers, to talk about politicians' voices, and whether it’s possible to tell if they’ve had public speaking coaching.
How to speak well: cut through the brain fog and stay focused
'Brain fog' is another way of describing how it feels when we lose focus. How do we stay ‘in the moment’ and keep focused on what we want to talk about?