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Having run a successful training and consulting business for more than 16 years (after a career in corporate America), I’ve spoken frequently to audiences large and small around the globe. However, ...

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As a college student, Tiffini Travis had to deliver a class presentation. So she stood up. She looked at the faces all around her. And she ran out of the room. “I was just so petrified,” remembers ...

Imagine yourself approaching the podium in front of a large room full of potential business partners or investors. The stage is bright, making it almost impossible to see the audience, but you know ...

An interesting pilot study conducted by my lab found that people preferred to administer small but uncomfortable shocks to themselves than give a 5-min speech about their personal attributes. It might ...