15 Tips to Enhance Your Presentation Skills and Captivate Any Audience
Learn how to improve your presentation skills with 15 practical tips that will help you engage your audience and deliver more effective presentations.
Unlocking Your Inner Communicator: Your Key to Executive Speaking Success
Learn how to achieve executive speaking success by developing your communication skills and building confidence as a leader and public speaker.
Executive Media Training: How Leaders Prepare for High-Stakes Interviews
Learn essential media training techniques to strengthen your executive presence and communicate confidently in interviews, press conferences, and public appearances.
Personalized Executive Coaching for High-Stakes Leadership Communication
Enhance your leadership capabilities through personalized coaching tailored to your unique needs and goals. Learn how one-on-one coaching can help you become a more effective leader.
Public Speaking is Dangerous, but Snoop Doggy Dogg Can Assist!
Public Speaking is Dangerous, but that didn’t stop Snoop Doggy Dogg That’s right. Public speaking, stepping up as a leader, even just sharing something that really matters to you is DANGEROUS! It’s dangerous to get noticed by the group! Look at what happened to Socrates and Jesus, and Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy […]
Stories are Like Songs… Here’s Why.
OK, you know that stories are essential. But, I find that people hesitate to tell their best stories more than once. They certainly often resist telling them often and using them to their full effect. But, stories are like songs! I believe that thinking of your stories as if they are songs is powerful […]
What You Could Learn From Dolph Lundgren of the Expendables and Rocky IV and His TEDx Talk
In this photo Dolph Lundgren feels the catharsis, relief and emotion that comes along with the vulnerability and authenticity of his powerful talk. Photo Courtesy of Liz H Kelly, Founder, Goody PR I had the honor of working with Dolph Lundgren on his talk for TEDxFulbrightSantaMonica and in the process he taught me some very valuable […]
This is Probably the Most Powerful Leadership Tool of All.
And, it sure is a powerful, useful and amazing tool to have as a speaker. I call it your Super Hero Origin Story. Don’t get hung up on Super Hero, it’s really about your Origin story! Watch this video, it’s only 3 min. long. Then come back here and I’ll share a little more about […]
I Crashed and Burned Onstage During a TED Talk. What I Learned Proved More Valuable Than Success
There are some great speaking lessons to be learned from the TED conference. I learned them the hard way! Read more at Inc.com https://www.inc.com/john-bates/how-failing-on-the-ted-stage-changed-my-life.html
The ESS “Put Them at Ease” Challenge
Here’s a potentially life changing challenge for you. It’s a great practice for public speaking, effective leadership, being a better parent, friend, lover, husband, wife, employee, employer AND it makes parties a whole lot more fun. If you accept the challenge please come share your story about how it goes here: facebook.com/executivespeakingsuccess We want […]