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Before you answer a Q&A question, take a breath (and 3 more tips).
Speakers ask us all the time, “How can I get better at answering questions that I didn’t expect?” First - take a breath. Too many...

Erin Bailey Lake
Feb 3, 20212 min read


How to stop "wordslumming" and become a more precise speaker.
Wordslumming is a term I coined to describe those needless words and phrases that creep into our language. Wordslumming can clutter your...

Erin Bailey Lake
Jan 6, 20211 min read


How Great Speakers Engage an Introverted Audience
Picture this: you’re pouring out your heart and soul – delivering vital information to an audience that desperately needs it. Yet, they...

Shelley Bamberger
Nov 17, 20202 min read


Silver Threads, Part 4: In 25 Year of Presentation Coaching, What Hasn't Changed?
by Shelley Bamberger In parts 1-3 of this Silver Anniversary series, we’ve focused on the many changes in how people improve their...

Shelley Bamberger
Nov 4, 20202 min read


Silver Threads Part 3: What's Changed in my Top Ten Tips to Becoming a Powerful Presenter?
In 25 years, only THREE of my Top Ten Tips to Becoming a Powerful Presenter, that have changed substantially: 1. How to practice for an...

Shelley Bamberger
Oct 29, 20202 min read


Silver Threads Part 2: What’s trending in how we present and persuade.
Welcome to Part 2 of my Silver Anniversary Series: How presentation coaching has evolved over the past 25 years. First, thanks to the...

Shelley Bamberger
Oct 21, 20202 min read


Silver Threads: My 25 years as a Presentation Coach!
Presentation Skills are now a core competence of many jobs – especially STEM.

Shelley Bamberger
Oct 13, 20202 min read


How to stop overusing "Like" – and why it matters
Since about 500 BC, philosophers have sought to understand the meaning of life. Since about 1990 AD, leaders have sought to understand...

Erin Bailey Lake
Sep 28, 20202 min read


How to read a script – without sounding robotic
TV and Radio personalities routinely use prompters and cue cards.
Yet they sound spontaneous and natural. This is a skill they’ve develope

Erin Bailey Lake
Sep 15, 20202 min read


The Seven Habits of Highly Annoying Speakers
What's the #1 reason you tune a speaker out? Here are the 7 most popular answers.

Erin Bailey Lake
Aug 19, 20202 min read


6 Keys to Storytelling in a Business Presentation
Last year, we worked with a speaker who was asked to address a graduating class. She was terrified. Together, we created a story about her r

Erin Bailey Lake
Aug 4, 20202 min read


Please get to the point before my scheduled retirement date!
In our workshop – The Effective VIRTUAL Meeting – we ask participants: What’s the number ONE skill associates could develop to improve...

Erin Bailey Lake
Jul 21, 20202 min read


Reading this article will improve your presentation skills by 13 percent!
An absurd claim? Of course it is. I can’t prove it. And you can’t measure it. Yet we’re bombarded daily by equally outlandish claims from...

Erin Bailey Lake
Jun 8, 20202 min read


5 Presentation Tips for Attorneys.
Last week, I virtually coached a group of attorneys.
While this particular group does not spend their time in a court room persuading a jur

Erin Bailey Lake
May 27, 20201 min read


Get to the point! (In just 3 words)
Why were there three little pigs, three blind mice, and three musketeers? Why do we frequently use three examples to support an idea? Why do

Erin Bailey Lake
May 12, 20201 min read
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