A few years ago when my son Rhett came home from college for Thanksgiving, he told me how appalled he was that his friends were so addicted to their smart
The Stories of our Lives
As a speaking coach, I often hear, “I don’t have any interesting or compelling stories to tell like you do, Katherine.” I smile inwardly, if
I think most of us struggle to come up with stories for our lectures. We know stories are the key to getting our audience engaged, but we don’t know what
In last week’s blog we went through the brainstorming process and ended up with piles of notecards. We laid them all out and sorted them into stacks based upon an
This month I’m going to focus on how to actually write a talk that matters. We’ve talked about making sure we start with our “Why” (our core driving purpose), understanding
If you don’t know your KEY take-away, how will your audience?
When I come home from a conference, my husband always asks me, “what did you learn”? And if I’m
You’re sitting down to write your talk and you know what you want to talk about. You are the expert and you know what a difference your great idea will
I know most of us didn’t get a degree in journalism and the thought of putting pen to paper is scary. However, if you are trying to break onto the
Do You Want To Avoid Writing A Mediocre Talk?
None of us sits down to write a mediocre talk, but lots of of them are out there. So how do
OMG, It’s Almost Like You Read My Mind! At least once a month I get an email from someone who sees their redesigned slides for the first time and they