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How to Interact with Audiences – Part 1.

One of the consistent surprises for me in the keynote speaking world has been the reluctance of speakers to engage in significant audience interaction, despite the real benefits to both audience and speaker in doing so.  Some speakers want to give their canned speech and leave, of course; it saves wear and tear on the ...

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How to Interact with Audiences — first of a 6-part series

One of the consistent surprises for me in the keynote speaking world has been the reluctance of speakers to engage in significant audience interaction, despite the real benefits to both audience and speaker in doing so.  Some speakers want to give their canned speech and leave, of course; it saves wear and tear on the ...

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Healing Humans Requires the Communal Touch

I posted earlier this year about how a recent study showed that a single conversation a day with another human being can boost happiness and reduce stress levels.  We humans are not meant to be alone.  We evolved in small groups for self-defense and safety, because we needed protection against the apex predators that roamed ...

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Nick chats with Jim Schleckser about why CEOs should be wary of ‘problem solving’ tech

In this episode Nick chats with author Jim Schleckser about why CEOs should be wary of 'problem solving' tech. Jim helps leaders grow companies. Jim and his team at the Inc. CEO Project work with over 100 CEOs of high growth companies to identify and obliterate the things that stand between them and ...

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How to Calm Your Stage Fright

What causes your body to jump into an adrenaline response?  For most of us, snakes, spiders, and other creepy crawly things do the trick.  Also, presumably, some really big apex predators, like lions, tigers, and bears, if you are ever unfortunate enough to get chased by one in the wild. For almost all of us, ...

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Nick talks to Google’s Health & Performance Director Newton Cheng about tech burnout

Newton Cheng is the Director of Health + Performance at Google | Supporting the physical, mental, social and spiritual health and wellbeing of Google's global workforce. Sharing his own story of burnout and speaking about mental health in the workplace, in order to try to reduce the stigma surrounding this important issue. ...

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Are You Optimizing Your Voice?

I'm pleased to include a post by a new member of the PW team, Jessica Cooper, who is an accomplished voice coach and professional singer.  Speakers often take their voices for granted until something bad happens to them, or they get feedback on their voices that they need improvement.  Don't wait for either of those two unfortunate ...

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Ezra Bookman and Nick talk about the benefit of having life rituals when we need to pause

In this Episode Ezra and Nick discuss the importance of designing rituals in our lives in order to create room for pause and growth. Ezra Bookman is a nationally recognized ritual designer, artist, facilitator, and Founder of Ritualist, the first ever creative studio specializing in the design of secular ritual. His work has ...

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How Should a Coach Give Feedback?

One of the questions I’ve learned to ask as a coach before giving anyone feedback about their ideas, content, delivery, or performance in general is, “How do you want your feedback – should I give it to you straight, or sugar-coat it?”  Now, everyone always says, “Give it to me straight!” but it’s the way ...

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Dr Rebecca Heiss and Nick discuss the rise of online misogyny and extreme content

Rebecca Heiss is an evolutionary biologist, author of Instinct, and a phenomenal public speaker! In this episode Nick and Rebecca discuss the affect AI and technology may be having on the rise of extreme voices online.

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