It’s no secret that for many, networking can send chills down their spine, freeze them in their tracks, and plunge them into an anxious headspace. And even if you like meeting new people, reconnecting with old colleagues and friends, networking can be hard (to get in the right mindset),...
I just wrapped up a 90 minute facilitation on First Impressions and Professionalism with the high school students at Venture Academy of Leadership & Entrepreneurship (VALE) and the question forefront in my mind was “so did I suck or did I slap”. Quick aside here, slap is a...
Have you ever thought about why you take some people’s advice but don’t take others? Or, on the flip side, why people do or don’t take yours? If you are a professional, well really, if you are a human being, you are regularly giving and taking advice. As a...
I am climbing into our Zoom room to prepare for a virtual show delivered in tandem with my business partner Alyce. As we enter I ask her “how are you?” to which she responds “Good.” As storytellers and communication coaches I challenged Alyce with “Good, is not a...
Who doesn’t love free? It’s why we come home from conferences with a bag full of dust collecting tchotchkies, why we go to Costo when we don’t need anything, why we’ll try that cotton candy tequila shot from the brand ambassador at the bar when we don’t like...
I’ve been part of the National Speakers Association since 2019. I love this organization as it’s a bunch of speakers, helping out a bunch of speakers, to be successful in the speaking business (I know, so meta).
On Saturday I had the pleasure of facilitating a Presentation...
Who would have imagined, that loneliness would be the through line for a web of connectedness, that it would be a driving factor for what I do today, helping people create deeper, more meaningful connections through their interactions and stories.
Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says loneliness...
You’ve spent the last week crafting and preparing for your presentation. Waking up at 3am with epiphanies of how to tweak that slide, reworking that intro until the words don’t have meaning anymore, and vacillating on if you should include that joke, will they laugh? Then...
OMG, with the amount of emails we get, it is no wonder we miss some occasionally. And, for some uncanny reason, the ones we miss tend to be the most important- time critical, important client, manager...
With every email coming in looking the same, our eyes glaze over and one email blends...
Words are but individual definitions until they are woven into stories. Watch as Keith Bailey masterfully brings six words to life as he hones his speaking skills at Toastmasters.
If you'd like help honing your speaking skills, reach out. Word!
I love watching stand-up comedy. In fact, during some of the most anxiety-producing moments of my life, AKA my fourth trimester, my husband and I sat together on our couch while it snowed lightly outside and rang in the New Year watching stand-up comedy. It was exactly the medicine I needed to...
When I meet someone who’s career choice is an enigma to me, it leaves me with a thousand questions.
I met a magician recently and I immediately peppered them with questions - “Can you pull a rabbit out of my hat?” “ What number am I thinking?” “Can you...
