The Virtuous Circle of Feedback. This is a guest post by Florian Mueck, author and speaker. My son turned four last September. Isn’t that a great age? Everyone tells you how sweet you are. Everyone tells you how great you are when you do things. And it’s always constructive. It’s so uplifting to constantly receive positive and constructive feedback. MORE >>

I am sitting in an audience at a conference. This third speaker today seems interesting, speaks with passion. He is now on his seventh powerpoint slide. Each slide is interesting and well designed. My neighbor leans in towards me. lean towards him. He says: "What is this guy telling us again?" Sadly, this is a common occurrence. Delete the slide. MORE >>

I was thinking about why presentations fail today. Why do so many great ideas fail at the presentation stage? Business plan presentations, entrepreneur pitches, Sales presentations? Why do they fail? These are obvious. However, there is a simple flaw that I see in even the most prepared and clear presentations: a rush to describe the solution. MORE >>

I have prepared a series of short videos for my IESE courses this year. This is a 3 minute video describing the 4 steps to great speaking. The video is here on my blog). This video is inspired by Jim Rohn and his approach to speaking well. How do you develop your speeches? Do you share personal experiences with the audience? MORE >>

I am a regular user of Apple iTunes University. On the late night Aer Lingus flight over from Barcelona to Dublin yesterday, I was listening to Jeffrey Anderson of Regent University deliver a lecture on Persuasive Communication. like his thinking on audience analysis. Friendly. Your purpose: reinforcing their beliefs. Apathetic. Uninformed. Hostile. MORE >>