How to Stop Your Audience Being Distracted by Their Phones
SPEAKING WITH IMPACTEach week, speech coach and leadership mentor James Rosebush will answer a question on how to improve your public speaking. Benjamin Marasco, CEO of Waystride.com asks: In today’s connected age, several people in my audiences get distracted with their phones. Do you have any tricks to reengage those lost in social media? Dear […]
Don’t Say This When Making a Speech!
SPEAKING WITH IMPACT Each week, speech coach and leadership mentor James Rosebush will answer a question on how to improve your public speaking. Stephen Bates, CEO, Global Interconnect Inc. asks: “What shouldn’t I say, and what should I say, when speaking in public?” Dear Stephen, You have asked a question at the starting gate of […]
What Reagan and The Queen Learned About Podium Speeches
SPEAKING WITH IMPACT Each week, speech coach and leadership mentor James Rosebush will answer a question on how to improve your public speaking. Ben Press, a Television and Film Producer from Los Angeles, asks: “When speaking at a podium, is it an effective tool to move aside and speak more face-to-face with the audience or […]
How to Convey Complex Ideas to Your Audience During a Speech
SPEAKING WITH IMPACT Each week, speech coach and leadership mentor James Rosebush will answer a question on how to improve your public speaking. Justin McKinney, CEO of Ivani, LLC asks: When talking about sophisticated technologies, is there a rule of thumb on how to best to strike a balance between being too high-level vs. too […]
Giving a Speech? Here’s How to Make Your Entire Audience Pay Attention
SPEAKING WITH IMPACT Each week, speech coach and leadership mentor James Rosebush will answer a question on how to improve your public speaking. James Wolf, CEO of CurioCapital asks: “Are there any techniques you prefer to make the entire audience pay attention?” Dear James, The most important thing you must do is to make […]
How a Kidnapping Attempt Led to the First Social Impact Office in The White House
On a hot and muggy July afternoon, just as I was just settling into work at my first job in the foundation world, I was shaken by the sound of machine gun fire blasting through the front door of our office. Like the rest of my startled colleagues, I grabbed my phone and dove under […]
