One of the best ways to build a good reputation in life is to keep your word. Fulfill your promises. This same timeless ideal also holds truthful in your on-stage career. In this week’s tip, we’ll look at respecting the client that hired you, and the audience that is watching/listening to you. It’s vital insight in building…
If you’ve ever seen any using an iPad while they are speaking, you may have noticed the brightness of the screen being reflected in their glasses, or on their face. From the audience point of view, it is distracting—and it’s not necessary. Here’s a way to “invert” the colors so that won’t happen to you….
Thanks for listening! This is a follow up from the last episode…it’s a great app and tip for being more efficient and effective while on the road. If you travel and carry a laptop with you, this is a great tip about using the flatscreen in the hotel to work smarter. If you carry an…
In today’s 2 Minute Tip, I’ll share with you one of my favorite productivity tips, while working in the office; Add a second or even third monitor to your computer workspace. If you happen to use two monitors now—add a third. I’ve been using three monitors for a number of years…and it is a…
The First Wonder I am sure I had experienced it before. I just don’t remember. But the wonder moment on this day, I do remember well. I was in the second grade. We had moved in mid-year from Orlando to a little community called Milford, Kansas. My father had joined the Army as a Chaplin…
If you are like most speakers, performers or presenters you are also part entrepreneur and business manager. Learning to be effective on the business side of the show is vital to your long-term success. So in today’s 2 Minute Tip, I want to share with you one of my favorite and most useful pieces of…
In this two minute tip, we’ll take an idea from number-crunchers and see how, as a creative, we can use the power of a spreadsheet to make our speech, talk, sermon or performance more organized and efficient. You can use a spreadsheet to organize just about anything. If you are on a mac or…
If you have a contact form on your website…you need this tip! Be sure to check out your form on a regular basis to make sure that it is functioning properly. It should be: emailing you the information when someone fills it out; AND saving a copy of that information on your website, too….
Elocution? The secret is voice power. It’s a noun and means the skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation. So, as speakers, performers, entertainers, even preachers—those that communicate vocally—need to understand the importance of this. But the first step to getting there is strong voice power. Not necessarily a strong…