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“Unmasking Silence: What Your Fears Say About You and the Secrets You’re Holding Back”

Are Americans afraid to speak their minds?  According to a recent study, the ‘land of the free and the home of the brave’ has become a place of self-censorship.  Two-thirds of us say that we are afraid to say what we believe in public because someone else might not like it. These dispiriting results come …

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“Unlock the Secrets: Are You Really Speaking to Your Audience’s Heart?”

When we think about our audiences as speakers, we think about their demographics, or the industry they are in, or their functional roles in their organizations, or their positions in the hierarchy.  So, for example, we might be talking to millennials in health care, working in HR, and heads of the talent division with a …

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“Chill Out! Why Freezing Your Assets Might Be the Boldest Move Yet”

Those of us in the speaking world talk variously about stage fright, or nerves, or adrenaline, but when we’re getting technical with our peers, we’ll say the “fight or flight response” to be accurate.  And then inevitably one of us will correct that to say “the fight, flight, or freeze response” because those are indeed …

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