Stepping out of the Lab: How to Translate Healthcare Insights for Your Audience
December 17, 2018
Our fourth quarter was a super interesting one, just like the first three of 2018. In short, it was a great year. In fact, our
How to Give a Killer Presentation: 10 Questions from UXDX
December 14, 2018
For the UXDX Conference in Ireland in 2019, I was invited to answer 10 questions about how to begin to get prepared to give a
Coaching Speech Clients to Crank a Reluctant Wheel
December 3, 2018
Our speech coaching practice rests on iterating: Helping clients crank a reluctant wheel from event invite to idea to proof to story to imagery to delivery to reflection – and then starting all over again.
One Lesson from 10 years of TEDxColumbus
November 19, 2018
As TEDxColumbus marks its 10th anniversary, let’s memorialize the culture of support that TEDxColumbus has created for the speakers to deliver such consequential and memorable talks.
TEDxColumbus: 10 Years of Ideas
November 12, 2018
To celebrate 10 years of TEDxColumbus, I present to you the ideas we’ve hosted on the stage. Curating and coaching most of these talks has
The One Imperative for an Effective Communication Culture
October 15, 2018
To shape a culture where the complex messages truly resonate in clear and concise ways, it hinges on one thing: feedback.
This is One Time to Think Small
September 17, 2018
Your talk is only as good as someone’s ability to receive and understand it. When choosing words for your presentation, think small.
That’s all the time we have.
September 4, 2018
If audiences want short talks, why is it still so hard for speakers to oblige them? Here are three strategies we use when helping speakers to be more (much much more) concise.
They Want the Teddy Bear, Not the Stuffing
August 20, 2018
Are you trying to sell the teddy bear… or the stuffing? See Ruth Milligan’s presentation to Columbus’ Web Analytics Wednesdays group to appreciate the relevant metaphor shared with her by an analytics client and her top list of components to assure a complicated, complex topic gets understood by their audience.
The Idea Reigns Supreme
August 6, 2018
Once a year, we enjoy an exhausting, exhilarating, thought-provoking discussion to identify the speakers for TEDxColumbus. What the discussions demonstrates is the commitment to identifying ideas worth spreading.