Speaking Tip: Why Should Your Audience Care?

Ed Tate, CSP (and 2000 World Champion of Public Speaking) is a terrific speaker and mentor.  He is not afraid to cut to the chase when working with speakers. While sitting in on one of his live coaching sessions, I saw him stop a speaker 30 seconds into her talk and...

How to Fall in Love With Your Speech

Are You in Love With Your Speech? It was Monday morning, June 9th, 2008 at 3:45 AM.  That’s when it hit me. I was driving home from Ottawa, Canada. I was feeling the letdown of not placing in the top 3 of a high-level Toastmasters speech contest. Just south of...