Michelle Mazur
The worst introduction I’ve ever heard: “I’d like you all to stand-up. Now clap. You’ve given me a standing ovation and now I have to earn it.” Guess what? The speaker didn’t earn the standing “O” she forced me to give. In fact, she turned me off immediately. I spent more time scrolling the ‘Gram…
Read MoreThe email read “Wow, you are human!” Sure, she was talking about how I owned up to screwing up my own newsletter and sent an apology email with a correction. It did make me think I’m not doing enough to let you into my little part of the world. To be a bit more vulnerable…
Read MoreWhat makes you a strong speaker? If your mind went blank, then you need to read on because you are going to learn all about strength-based speaking. Yep, I totally stole this idea from strength-based leadership. This idea has you (a leader) identify the strengths of the people around you and then assign responsibilities based…
Read MoreWhat do Channing Tatum, Charlize Theron and organizing your speech have in common? All three sizzle with sex appeal. What? What’s that you say? Organization is not sexy. Organization is the Danny DeVito of speech writing (sorry Danny). If you don’t want to completely lose your audience, you need to hike up your granny-panties (or…
Read MoreThink about the last time you were having an amazing day, a day where everything seemed to be going right. Maybe you got that promotion you were craving with a big raise. You heard the words “I love you” for the first time from that new guy or gal you are dating. Perhaps, your kid…
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