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  Wendy Wilson’s TEDxBoise 2015 talk on the link between water and energy use came at just the right time, given the ongoing concerns about both issues in the...

  Karen Day is what you call a pro. A writer, photographer, TV producer and filmmaker, she’s worked on humanitarian issues in locations from Afghanistan to Cuba to pre-war Iraq. Her...

This week has been National Eating Disorder Awareness Week—something I just learned about a couple days ago (thanks Facebook friends!). I promised myself I wouldn’t let the week pass...

  I got lucky last year. TEDxBoise started up, and–Boise being Boise–I emailed the organizers and in a couple days was in on the ground floor as the official speaker coach....

  These days, kids are asked to make classroom presentations as early as 3rd or 4th grade—yet their teachers rarely give them any public speaking guidance, much less ideas...

  In my last entry, I offered some easy ways for women to adapt body language to project more confidence and power during presentations. But unless you’re a silent...

  Today’s Western women are culturally trained to think that small is beautiful—Cinderella’s lost slipper was no size 10. Whether it’s buying jeans a couple sizes too snug (hence...

  A LinkedIn group I belong to recently posted a question about the best advice to give a group of professional women about making public speaking.   Naturally much...

  Students and clients are often interested to learn that I’ve experienced plenty of speaking anxiety too. One said that it gave her hope, knowing that I could stand...