5 Mistakes Most Public Speakers Make
If you have a keynote speech, TEDx talk, or another kind of public speaking gig coming up, you may be struggling with how to write a speech for when you’re up on that stage. What is the sort of content that is going to really impact your audience? And while your work...
The Fatal Flaw in Your Keynote Speech
One time, a client of mine was fretting over an upcoming talk she had to give. She headed a program at a children’s hospital, and the talk she had to give was to a group of employees from a company that sponsored the hospital. She had ten minutes to talk about her...
The silver bullet in 46 of the 50 most-viewed TED talks
Consider the following multiple-choice question. The reason why the most-viewed TED talks have been seen so many millions of times is because: they are the most jaw-dropping talks they are the most fascinating talks they are the most ingenious talks they are the most...
The Fatal Flaw in Your Query Letter
I would like to pose a true/false question to you. True or false: the point of sending a query letter to a book publishing professional is to describe the book you would like them to consider. That has to be true, right? Of course it must be, for all of the articles,...
Funding in 7 Seconds
Earlier this year, I saw a headline for an article that promised all sorts of health benefits just by following “this one little tip.” It was on one of those websites I find myself on because of some flimsy but irresistible pop culture article that George Takei shared...
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