Note: Make sure you join me below (in Mistake Number 5) in one of my rehearsals! My college basketball coach used to tell us, “You’ll play like you practice.” That means if you practice poorly you will most likely play poorly, but if you practice well you will most likely play well. I believe speaking […]
Continue readingWhat is hitchhiking humor? It’s the humor you pick up on the way to your punch line. Let me explain. Often I put a story together and I know what the punch line is going to be. However, at times, through testing, I get a laugh much sooner than I thought and in an area I […]
Continue readingHave you ever seen a speaker who seemed to say the right things and even say them in the right way but just didn’t affect the audience very much? Have you seen a speaker who seemed to give all the right gestures and the perfect voice but just didn’t seem to connect? Have you ever […]
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