Speechwriting Under the Gun

It doesn’t matter to your audience if you have ten days or ten minutes to write a speech. You still must deliver. Here are tips for speeding your speech prep.

Working the Room: How to Move People to Action through Audience-Centered Speaking

This useful guide to modern public speaking in business situations begins (as did public speaking) with the ancient Greeks. It’s an auspicious start: the Greeks’ influence lasted into the 20th century, even after television made our relationship with most of the speakers we hear far more intimate. Morgan, the founder of a communications coaching company, proposes what he calls “the audience-centered presentation process,” in which … [ Read more ]

Do You Have Change Fatigue?

Many corporate change efforts are greeted with rolling eyes from employees. Harvard Business School professors David Garvin and Rosabeth Moss Kanter help identify the keys to a successful company transformation.