Top 3 Mistakes Conference Speakers Make I’ve just come back from several conferences and watched many conference speakers in action. One of the benefits of speaking at a conference is usually a full pass to attend the entire conference. I like to get there early and...
Handling Questions During a Presentation Handling questions can be the downfall of many presenters, even if their presentation is spot on. At most any conference you go to, the breakout sessions follow a predictable pattern. The room host gets up and calls everyone...
Dealing with a Negative Speaker Evaluation A speaker evaluation is important to all speakers who sincerely want to improve their craft. As a speaker, I get lots of gifts. The crystal clock (that got tossed in my carry-on and security picked up as a “dense object”). ...
When Technology Fails During Your Presentation Having a technology failure during a presentation is almost inevitable. I recently gave a one-hour lunch-and-learn for some folks at a tech company. They wanted me to talk about some of the common pitfalls that...
The most popular phone call we get at MillsWyck Communications The situations are different but the calls are the same about confidence in public speaking: conference speaker, all-hands meeting, wedding toast, stand before peers speaking in a second language, or asked...
