by danarubin | Dec 14, 2015 | Delivery Performance, Leadership Training, Public Speaking
by Dana Rubin _____ TED Talk rock star Amy Cuddy is on a press tour talking about her new book, Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges. It’s a fleshed-out version of the messages she shared in her insanely successful 2012 TED Talk, including...
by danarubin | Dec 13, 2015 | Diversity & Inclusion, Public Speaking, Women Leaders
by Dana Rubin_____ The new movie Suffragette presents a fascinating glimpse of political activist Emmeline Pankhurst. Played by Meryl Streep, Pankhurst holds forth from a London balcony, whipping up the crowd below with a fiery speech about women’s self...
by danarubin | Dec 7, 2015 | Public Speaking, Story Structure, Storytelling
by Dana Rubin_____ Jeremey Donovan was the last person you’d expect to become an expert on public speaking. Donovan recently explained to the New York Speechwriters Roundtable how he went from a painfully shy introvert to a widely respected public speaking pro. But...
by danarubin | Nov 21, 2015 | Leadership, Public Speaking, Speech Coaching
by Dana Rubin_____ I hear people talk about authenticity all the time. I hear it so often I wonder if it means anything. Some years back the marketing world took up the term, and the “authenticity movement” became all the rage. The idea was that companies should...
by danarubin | Oct 31, 2015 | Leadership Development, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking
by Dana Rubin_____ If you’ve got some free time today, you might swing by the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Conference – that’s in Duncan, Oklahoma. Or if that’s not quite in your neighborhood, you could stop by the United Steelworkers National...
by danarubin | Oct 29, 2015 | Executive Coaching, Public Speaking, Speech Writing
by Dana Rubin_____ The great wordsmith Peggy Noonan recently described in the Wall Street Journal how her early training as a radio reporter taught her how to tell a story. She was working at CBS News in 1980 when Mount St. Helens erupted, spreading a cloud of ash...
