How to better engage the whole brain with learning activities

A couple months ago I was lucky enough to attend a learning conference. Learning 2014’s purpose was to educate and train trainers on who to better train. How meta. On the first day I attended one of the best conference sessions I’ve ever attended. It was from Dr Ann Herrmann Nedhi about how to educate by […]

Improve Your Presentations & Reduce Stress by Developing a Pre-Performance Ritual

Public speaking can be stressful. But, it doesn’t always have to be that way. Take a note from athletes, doctors, artists and other folks who are “performing” a task and create a pre-performance routine.   What is a pre-performance routine, you ask? It’s simply a consistent procedure that performers use to prepare themselves for the […]

The #1 Gift You Can Give Yourself As a Public Speaker

The best gift to give yourself as a presenter is to understand the reason WHY you’re speaking to others. Recently Marcus Sheridan, also known as The Sales Lion, shared his “why” on his podcast, and trust me – it’s powerful. He also talked his preferred communication medium – presentations – as a way to help others […]