by danarubin | Sep 27, 2017 | Public Speaking, Speech Coaching, Speech Writing
by Dana Rubin_____ Yup, that’s exactly what one of Gina Barnett’s more resistant clients told her when they started working together: “I don’t give a sh*t how the brain works.” He was so difficult, so defensive and unpleasant that Barnett, a speaking...
by danarubin | Aug 23, 2017 | Public Speaking, Speech Coaching, Speech Writing
by Dana Rubin_____ I recently began consulting for a high school forensic debate team. Although I was never a debater, I wanted to use my coaching skills to help students be more effective at public speaking and persuasion. At my very first national circuit debate...
by danarubin | Oct 22, 2016 | Public Speaking, Speech Coaching, Speech Writing
by Dana Rubin_____ How does a company make a comeback from a terrible mistake? Let’s say, for instance, a trusted global retail bank is caught creating phony accounts to hit sales targets? Or a green automaker cheats on emissions tests? How can a badly tarnished brand...
by danarubin | Oct 15, 2016 | Public Speaking, Speech Coaching, Speech Writing
by Dana Rubin_____ Who makes the news – the interviewer or the interviewee? In this overheated election season, Gina Glantz is drawing our attention to the interviewers, the analysts and pundits who play such a powerful role in setting the agenda and shaping public...
by danarubin | Sep 24, 2016 | Public Speaking, Speech Coaching, Speech Writing
by Dana Rubin_____ When’s the last time you saw a speaker on stage without any props? No PPT, no slides, no flip charts. Just a human being – standing alone. It doesn’t happen often. When it does it can be exhilarating. The most powerful leaders know this...
by danarubin | Sep 24, 2016 | Public Speaking, Speech Coaching, Speech Writing
by Dana Rubin_____ Slowly the train leaves the station. It enters a tunnel, emerges into the sunlight, and begins a long, excruciatingly slow climb. Click click click goes the car on the rails. Up, up, up, in what feels like the slowest, most agonizing,...
