Naming Rights
I was chatting with a friend this morning about a pair of speakers she heard recently. Both had less than common, potentially hard to pronounce names. One of these women, acknowledged the difficulty and broke it down for the audience…
Office Space: Making Contact
I am always amused when I get an overly-familiar email, LinkedIn request, or cold call. It isn't that people are attempting to connect with me but that they seem unclear about why they want to do so. One assumes some…
Variance: Expand your Horizon (Repost)
Original post: March 19, 2019 If I notice one consistent thread in my sessions with speakers and singers it is that everyone, and I mean EVERYONE collapses their torso. Even male clients who tend to spread out in every other…
Variance: Congruence
Humans expect congruence in the voice user. In those very first seconds of contact, they decide whether this sound and this person are in alignment. They grant or deny authority. Sadly, sometimes they grant or deny humanity. This is a…
Perform: Spread the Love
Valentine's Day has never been my favorite holiday. I find the idea that -- on this one day -- we will declare love, odd. So imagine my surprise at being enthusiastic today. This is because, this year, I had a…
Perform: Shining The Light
My major resolution this year has been to show up more. It is a process. One that is often counter my introverted tendencies. Case in point, this morning. I had reserved a spot for Creative Mornings Boston which meant that…
Disrupt: Connectivity
Signal is an interesting thing. If you have been trying to use the Internet, or Google Maps, or your Verizon services on the East Coast you have seen a flicker of what it is like when you cannot connect at…
Articulate: Good Morning
A morning commute in Boston can make one lose all faith in Humanity. From the careless bumping of bodies on the T to the wanton disregard for the other humans moving through space, it can make you a wee bit…
Performance: Don’t Know Mind
In Buddhism, there is a concept of don't know. It doesn't mean that one lacks knowledge, it means that one accepts the unknown-- without comment. In so doing, one becomes knowledge, because one simply recognizes knowledge. When we present, we…
Acquire: Mind the Gap
There is a space between you (and your goals) and any group of people that you are trying to engage. Many of us perceive the gap, it is at the heart of the anxiety some feel when voicing in public.…