Public Speaking

The Art of Curating a Presentation: Insights from My Stitch Fix Adventure I love to shop. But my grown children don’t. My daughter has clear opinions on what she wears and the items I “hunt and gather” for her rarely make the cut.  And my oldest son, now out of college and gainfully employed (yes this means he’s off our payroll!) is in […]

Recently I was listening to the Smartless podcast (one of my favorite pandemic finds) and the guest, Tracy Ellis Ross, referenced the movie Mary Poppins and the song “Spoonful of Sugar”. She used the lyrics as a metaphor to explain how the show Blackish addresses social and racial issues of our time. As in, they

(Screeching sound of microphone along with a completely uncomfortable audience)… Despite our high school speech class’ valiant attempt, most of us don’t feel quite at home in front of an audience. We know we need to be able to “say a few words” during a meeting, while hosting a gathering, giving a toast, speaking at a