by speakwellpartners | Uncategorized
In 1976, I spent a fairly miserable freshman year at Penn State University. This had everything do with me and not so much with the University; we were a clear mismatch. I was unhappy in ‘Happy Valley’ and this was never more apparent than on those autumn Saturdays...
by speakwellpartners | Uncategorized
Every Saturday during football season, when there’s a home game, 105,000 spectators pack Beaver Stadium in sleepy State College, Pennsylvania. Faces are flush with anticipation, the band is playing a peppy tune, and everyone is happy in Happy Valley. A few minutes...
by speakwellpartners | Uncategorized
My kids and I have a standing joke. As soon as someone says, “No offense, but…” that is pretty much a guarantee that you are about to be very offended. In the same way, when a sales person says, “trust me” twenty times in a half hour meeting,...
by speakwellpartners | Uncategorized
Have you ever been in a presentation in which the speaker seemed like they were on another planet? You stop listening because you’re thinking, “Hellooo…earth to speaker…come in please.” Your neighbor turns to you and says, “Does she know she was supposed to finish...
by speakwellpartners | Uncategorized
I often get humorous emails from friends and family about presenters who mangle the spoken word. Some are hysterical, others are groan-inducing, and still others are not fit for polite company (Freudian slips are the worst). My sister Marianne sent me the one in the...
