Did you know that the “I Nailed It!” feeling is a real, physiological thing? Where were you the last time you Nailed It with your message and an audience? What made it happen? For me, it was when I sang in a theatre performance, and I was able to hit a note that was out…
Last week I held a Revolving Door Rehearsal Session for a client. By the end, I had counted 143 fillers in her 20-minute talk. That’s 7.15 fillers per minute – or 1 filler per 10 seconds. I knew she would be surprised, so I waited until the end of the feedback session to tell her.…
Her eyes lit up. “Mom, wow! That is my favorite slide now. It made such a big difference!” That’s what my 6th grader said last night. She’s doing a PowerPoint on Lyra, a constellation. In the deck, she has Outerspace as her background. She couldn’t figure out how to lay the text box on top…
Struggling with making data exciting in your slide deck? Data can be dynamic. Statistics can tell superb stories. Here’s The Formula:Start with facts. Add feelings. And you’ve got a data story. Let’s turn to the world of sports for a timely example. Let’s build a short story with data we have from the Washington Nationals…
Scientific writing is hard to do well. There’s just no question about it. Clunky terminology, 6-letter acronyms with hyphens, latin terminology none of us learned, even if we took etymology in high school… the list goes on. But in a recent Wall Street Journal, I was hooked by an article about cancer. Instead of a…
