Here’s a hypothetical situation that I am sure many of you have been in (and if you haven’t, then you likely will soon!
You’ve got a big problem. You or your department really needs to buy something badly to complete a project. However, the boss tells you the budget has been slashed (hello down economy!) and is only approving the most critical expenses. What should you do?
Guest post by Chad O’Connor, Adjunct Professor Emerson College Another point of note to really stress in continuing with this recent series of blog posts is to ask yourself these questions about what is potentially motivating your target audience: What is the person who is going to be asked looking to get out of this? [...]
It doesn’t matter how experienced a speaker is, when I put a camera in front of them for the first time most of them tend to get really nervous. They start to lose track of their thoughts, their eyes start to dart around and their bodies become fidgety. This happens so often that helping the [...]
Guest post by Chad O’Connor, Adjunct Professor Emerson College To continue from the previous blog post, it is important to understand the sequence of what you are asking. How do you get people interested? How do you show them you have thought this out? How do you get them to feel compelled? I always stress [...]