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Airport selfie! Vacation, here I come! 🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️ …Or at least that was the plan. This summer I took a little time off. I was excited for it, I convinced myself that I deserved it, and that all I had to do was to “disconnect” and focus on where I was going (which was actually in […]

It was one of the lowest (and scariest) moments in my speaking career. A man unexpectedly came up on the stage during the Q&A period of my presentation. And I was woefully unprepared. He had been sitting close to the stage, making comments earlier about the fact that my slides were not both English and […]

It’s a classic question: “When giving a presentation, should I save all questions for the end, or address them as they come up?” The answer? It depends. But it’s not as tricky as it might seem. Handling the Q&A during a presentation can feel like a balancing act. On one hand, questions help clarify your […]

Even the most practiced speakers can feel nervous when the spotlight turns on. At a recent Toastmasters International Speech Contest, I watched 7 exceptional speakers take the stage to confidently deliver high-quality speeches. And I noticed 2 of them showing visible signs of nervousness, in the form of a shaking hand… and yet, they kept […]

Speak from the heart? Sure. But speak with strategy, too. In every presentation, I hear so many people say that they are just going to “speak from the heart.” But what does that really mean? Does it mean that you’ll let your heart decide the content in the moment where you step in front of […]

Preparing for an important presentation? The truth is, impactful presentations don’t happen by chance—they happen with preparation and practice. The more intentional you are about what you say and how you say it, the more likely you’ll leave your audience engaged and inspired. In my latest video, I talk about what goes into delivering a […]

  “People don’t usually talk to us the way you just did.”   Back in February, I got into a bit of a hairy travel situation while attempting to travel home from Calgary, with a serious dumping of snow over multiple days in Eastern Canada that wreaked havoc on any and all flights going in my […]