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Don’t Be Afraid to Use Your Hands When You Talk

by Lynne Franklin Wordsmith | Mar 1, 2022 | Neuroscience

Why Gesturing Helps Everyone’s Brain The first time I watched the video of my TEDx Talk on “How to Be a Mind Reader,” I was appalled. My hands were always moving. I thought, “How distracting! I have to learn to let my hands drop to my sides. Or at least not do the...

Use a Listener's Presentation to Connect with Your Audience

by Lynne Franklin Wordsmith | Nov 10, 2020 | Persuasion

Fewer Talking Points and More Attention Whether or not your political candidates were successful last week, most of us are at least relieved that the U.S. elections are over! We have been “talking point”ed to death! Politicians (and business leaders) often tell us...

Are You Making It Harder to Listen and Care?

by Lynne Franklin Wordsmith | Mar 10, 2020 | Neuroscience

Understanding Your People’s Brains Can Make You a More Engaging Leader Maybe this has happened to you. I was looking forward to hearing a presentation. Instead, it beat me up and stole my lunch. “The Emperor’s New Clothes” in Speech Form This was a fancy-shmancy...

Video: Why People Don't Remember Your Ideas

by Lynne Franklin Wordsmith | Feb 18, 2020 | Persuasion

Don’t “Show Up and Throw Up” and Hope for the Best My first big presentation was as a senior in high school. I had to give a two-hour talk on “utopianism.” Little did I know that this would span the continuum between what makes a terrible...

What if Your Audience WANTED to Hear You?

by Lynne Franklin Wordsmith | Nov 19, 2019 | Persuasion

For almost four years, I traveled the country one week a month, giving a workshop called “Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers” for people who were afraid of numbers. (Let me feel your thoughts of horror and pity!)When I asked why people came, the...
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