by Chris Derry | Jun 12, 2017 | Communication, Featured
What’s more important in preparing for your big presentation: what you say or how you say it? Ask the audience who first cheered for Susan Boyle on Britain’s Got Talent 2009. Her stellar performance of “I Dreamed a Dream” wasn’t a fresh debut of a new song. No, this...
by Sara Seamons | May 30, 2017 | Communication
Throughout history, the human voice has always been a powerful weapon for change. Many great leaders, great orators, and people with vision have given speeches that made their way into the history books. But at the end of the day, every great speech is just words and...
by Sara Seamons | May 4, 2017 | Communication
If your students are terrified of presenting, all is not lost for them. Research from Dublin City University and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) has discovered the three most effective methods for reducing anxiety in student...
by Sara Seamons | Mar 15, 2017 | Communication
If your classes have a presentation component, then you know just how nerve-wracking presenting can be for your students. Even normally outgoing and relaxed people can freeze up in front of a crowd, and for some students this anxiety is completely debilitating,...
by Sara Seamons | Feb 27, 2017 | Communication
There are millions of stellar books in the world. The trick is figuring out which ones are the must-reads—and finding the time to read them. If you’re as busy as I am, that can take some doing. But there are books out there that public speaking experts consistently...
by Austin Anderson | Feb 23, 2017 | Communication, Teacher Ed
Online courses are more popular than ever. They’re accessible, relatively inexpensive (sometimes free!), and flexible. Students of all backgrounds and experiences are dipping their toes into the virtual classroom and learning math, science, English, and even...
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