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How Our Brains Trick Us When We Try to Communicate

Two ongoing developments in neuroscience push us to realize that our lived experience of the world is not really what’s happening.  Our minds are playing tricks on us; our brains are limited in various ways.  These distortions have implications for how we communicate as speakers. First of all, we speakers believe we must be good ...

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Keynote Speakers – Don’t Neglect Q and A!

If you are a keynote speaker, you may often be asked to spend the last 15 minutes or so of your hour in Q and A.  A 45-minute talk followed by 15 minutes of Q and A is a very typical arrangement with a keynote speaker.  Here’s how to ensure those final 15 minutes go ...

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Which is more important – authenticity or charisma?

Which is more important to you – authenticity or charisma?  Do you perhaps yearn for charisma and settle for authenticity?  Charisma is the X factor every leader wants, even if some won’t admit it. These are the ones who often say something like, “I’d rather just be me. That’s more authentic.” “Just being me” is ...

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Nick chats to podcast host Morgan Motsinger about the importance of being present

Do you practice being present? Nick and Morgan discuss where we fall down and how we can re-centre ourselves to live in the moment. Morgan Motsinger is an entrepreneur, speaker, podcast host, and mother. Learn More: https://www.morganmotsinger.com/

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What’s the Use of Body Language?

Popular depictions of body language often focus on the ability to decode lying, or scanning someone to detect defensiveness, or other such negative behavior.  The idea is that people may say one thing and be signaling another, so body language is a useful way to find out the truth. This way of using body language ...

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Does Mind Over Matter Really Matter?

Growing up in New England, I was taught that mind over matter – mental discipline – was the way you solved problems, conquered your fears, and got things done. But is that true? From much of the neuroscience I’ve studied over the past 20 years comes a view of the brain as largely run by ...

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Nick talks to tech pioneer Scott Klososky who helps to reframe our thinking about AI

Scott Klososky is a tech pioneer, having participated in several start ups including Alkami Technology, which went public in 2021. He has traveled the globe advising organizations such as IBM, General Motors, Georgia Pacific and Roche. He’s an author of 4 books and a regular speaker on the future of tech. Learn More: ...

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Is Empathy Important for Leaders or Speakers?

In the speaking business we spend a lot of time telling stories designed to elicit empathy in our audiences. Teachers rely on empathy to awaken the imaginations of their charges.  And executives are rated highly if they show empathy for their employees, and as psychopaths if they don’t.  But what is this quality, how does ...

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Nick talks to social entrepreneur Alice Chun about her world changing solar light

What an inspiring story! One of my favourite JOQ's! Alice Chun, is CEO of Solight Design, inventor, social entrepreneur, and a speaker. Learn More: https://solight-design.com/pages/our-...

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Bullying and Body Language

A couple of studies show that the effects of bullying on children are both long-term and significant.  Significant, because bullying leads teens to develop distrust, which hinders their ability to form health relationships. Long-term, because the effects of bullying were tracked over 40 years in a study that found that bullied children showed a higher ...

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