by danarubin | Sep 17, 2016 | Public Speaking, Speech Coaching, Speech Writing
by Dana Rubin_____ We all hope to be more persuasive, whether we’re selling, seducing, lobbying, advocating, preaching or parenting. As a professional communicators, persuasion is the most important skill you can develop. If you can’t persuade, you’ll never get anyone...
by danarubin | Aug 14, 2016 | Public Speaking, Speech Coaching, Speech Writing
by Dana Rubin_____ Look around you. How many images of powerful women do you see? That’s probably not enough, according to Iris Bohnet, a behavioral economist at Harvard who has studied the American workplace and found a lack of women leaders to look at. We all...
by danarubin | Aug 10, 2016 | Public Speaking, Speech Coaching, Speech Writing
by Dana Rubin_____ Interview with Erin Vilardi of VoteRunLead Erin Vilardi is the Founder and Director of VoteRunLead, a national non-partisan organization focused on getting more women into public office. In its first 12 years, VoteRunLead provided training for...
by danarubin | Apr 7, 2016 | Public Speaking, Speech Coaching, Speech Writing
by Dana Rubin_____ Near the beginning of his new book, TED impresario Chris Anderson confesses he’s “not naturally a great speaker.” He’s prone to too many ums and you knows, stumbles and grasps for the right word, and can come across as overly earnest. Nice trick....
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...
