Persuade with Presence

The strongest thing you can be when you present? Yourself.

Familiarity > Originality

To connect with an audience, don't reinvent the wheel.

Nov 7, 2025

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6 min read

Don't Cook Dinner in the Dark

Why leaders need a real rehearsal process

Oct 31, 2025

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7 min read

Demystifying Executive Presence

The elusive characteristic is practice, not polish.

Oct 24, 2025

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5 min read

Stop Pitching. Start Quantifying.

3 steps to make your ideas impossible to ignore

Oct 17, 2025

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6 min read

Are You DeckPendent?

8 truths to help you (and your team) spot the signs and start the recovery.

Oct 10, 2025

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6 min read

Make the Environment Your Ally

Great presenters don't leave time, location, or atmosphere to chance.

Oct 3, 2025

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5 min read

Orchestrate Your Next Presentation

Unlock the storytelling secrets of the sonata.

Sep 26, 2025

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4 min read

Most Presentations Don’t Need Slides.

Your audience doesn’t want another deck.

Sep 19, 2025

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8 min read

Breaking Free from Deck Addiction

Slides feel safe. That’s the problem.

Sep 12, 2025

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6 min read

Peer Pressure? Just say no to slides.

A small word that makes a big difference.

Sep 5, 2025

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4 min read

Stay Vigilant.

A cautionary tale about pizza, slide decks, and betrayal.

Aug 29, 2025

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6 min read

The Three Levels of Storytelling Every Leader Must Master

Many leaders blur the line between anecdotes, stories and narratives.

Aug 22, 2025

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5 min read

Story is Our Meaning-Making Engine

It's how our brains decide what matters.

Aug 15, 2025

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8 min read

Feeling Frozen?

Here's how to THaW out

Aug 8, 2025

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7 min read

The Bored Room

The most (and least) persuasive places to present.

Aug 1, 2025

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5 min read

The Case for a Culture of Storytelling

What happens when leaders promote a storytelling culture?

Jul 25, 2025

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6 min read

Stop Guessing. Start Archetyping.

What your audience wants is as easy as 2x2.

Jul 18, 2025

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7 min read

How a CMO Reclaimed her Team's Trust with Storytelling

How do you get to know an audience? Ask.

Jul 11, 2025

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5 min read

One Hundred Twenty Two Percent

That's how real presentation anxiety is.

Jul 3, 2025

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3 min read

Be Like Freddie.

Be unapologetically you.

Jun 27, 2025

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3 min read

Delete one slide today.

You can do it. I believe in you.

Jun 20, 2025

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3 min read

Persuade with Presence

Familiarity > Originality

Don't Cook Dinner in the Dark

Demystifying Executive Presence

Stop Pitching. Start Quantifying.

Are You DeckPendent?

Make the Environment Your Ally

Orchestrate Your Next Presentation

Most Presentations Don’t Need Slides.

Breaking Free from Deck Addiction

Peer Pressure? Just say no to slides.

Stay Vigilant.

The Three Levels of Storytelling Every Leader Must Master

Story is Our Meaning-Making Engine

Feeling Frozen?

The Bored Room

The Case for a Culture of Storytelling

Stop Guessing. Start Archetyping.

How a CMO Reclaimed her Team's Trust with Storytelling

One Hundred Twenty Two Percent

Be Like Freddie.

Delete one slide today.

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