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Embrace Your Constraints: Pecha Kucha Night

Last week I went my first Pecha Kucha Night in Winnipeg. What’s “Pecha Kucha”, you ask? Pecha Kucha was started in Tokyo in 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in...

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iPads, Autism, and the Story You’ll Tell

The other day I watched two brilliant stories. They contrast the amazing diversity of stories being told these days, and got me really excited for the opportunities we all have to tell stories of our...

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The Evil Villain of Communication

We’ve all fallen prey to it before. Your text message says, “See you there at 8″, and they showed up in the morning instead of evening. Or the Help instructions say, “Select the brush icon from the...

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Stories from the Christmas Tree

The Christmas season is filled with symbolism and memories. It’s always interesting to learn about the various Christmas traditions that families have. Now that we have a family of our own, Anna and I...

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Free eBook: 10 Tips For Your Next Presentation

Presentations are a powerful way to spread your ideas and make them stick. Any time you give a talk, you have the opportunity to draw your audience into a compelling story, to persuade them, change...

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Slides Are Harmony

Funny thing about this thing we call a “presentation”. Usually our first thought when we’re getting ready to give one, besides the possible dread or stress, is the visuals, the slides that will be on...

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Take Your Eyes Off Yourself

If you’ve ever gotten up to make a speech, you likely know the nervousness and anxiety that comes in the moments before you actually start talking. In a speech I heard last week, Doreen pointed out the...

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Focus on the Hero

A couple weeks ago I had the chance to give a presentation for the sales team at Golden West’s Steinbach centre about how to give more effective presentations. Yes, a presentation about presentation....

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Jump Before You’re Ready

Several years ago I went skydiving. After four hours of on-the-ground training the instructor and pilot took us up to 2500ft and dropped us out of the pane, one at a time, to have our 2 seconds of free...

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Tickle the Elephant

It’s the reason you plan to wake up early to exercise, but end up hitting snooze instead. It’s also the reason all the facts, stats and graphs in the world can make your audience change. “Perched atop...

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The Fear and the Power of Connection

A discerning speech mentor recently pointed out that when I give a speech, I look towards the audience, but I don’t really look at them. My gaze scans the audience, but never really make eye contact...

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Don’t Let That Smartphone Kill Your Confidence

Do you ever use your smartphone for public speaking? A new study would recommend against it. “When people use smaller devices, their posture contracts, increasing stress and decreasing testosterone...

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Jerry Seinfeld on How to Write a Joke

When you watch a great comedian tell jokes, it’s easy to assume that they’re just naturally funny. They seem to just go up there and talk, and everything they say is automatically hilarious. How do...

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Don’t Aim at Success – My First Tapestry

I recently heard about Tapestry, which is an app with an interesting take on visual storytelling using words, photos and the simple “tap”. The combination of text, visuals and pacing caught my...

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Introducing Toastimer

William Morris once said, “If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” Useful and...

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Answer “Why”, Win Your Audience

Remember that kid who sat in the back in math class who, in the middle of the teacher’s explanation of some theory, would raise his hand and ask, “Why is this even important?” The teacher, sensing the...

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Let “Maybe” Open the Door

Some would say that maybe is a weak word for public speakers. It lacks confidence, and shouldn’t be uttered from the stage. I’m here to confess my undying love for the word. I love saying maybe when...

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Speaking in Your Underpants

If you’ve ever asked for advice on how to overcome pre-speech nerves, no doubt you’ve heard the sage advice: “Just imagine your audience is wearing nothing but underwear.” Helpful advice? Maybe for...

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The notes that you missed

Chances are we didn’t notice.  Playing in piano recitals as a kid, any missed note would throw me off entirely. I’d stop to correct it, or smile sheepishly towards the audience, as if to assure them...

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Speak to Show You’re Listening

In crowded airspace, some of the best, most well-considered voices too often stay silent. Why bother adding to the noise? If you’re not willing to join the yelling match, how will your voice ever be...

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