by Lisa Parker | Oct 15, 2018 | public speaking anxiety
At its simplest, presentation anxiety is a subset of performance anxiety where the fear of public failure triggers a stress response. Many professionals, fine under other circumstances, experience temporary symptoms like accelerated heart rate, trembling in the hands...
by Lisa Parker | Sep 20, 2018 | Presentation Skills
Are you overusing PowerPoint? Take this mini-quiz and find out: 1. Do you open PowerPoint as soon as you begin to prepare for a presentation? 2. Do you spend more time on fonts and layouts than on message construction? 3. Do you sometimes read aloud from your slides?...
by Lisa Parker | Aug 29, 2018 | communication skills, confidence, Presentation Skills
“Work Life Confidential” Voice of America Radio Host, Ken Dolan-Del Vecchio, interviews Lisa Parker to learn why people don’t speak up at work. Listen to “Work Life Confidential” episode: Showing up courageously at work You’ve probably...
by Lisa Parker | Aug 10, 2018 | communication skills
Have you ever listened to a speaker drone on and realized the more they talk, the less you understand? Yeah, me too. It’s frustrating, especially when you actually need the information buried beneath that pile of verbiage (or a pile of mangoes if you read our...
by Lisa Parker | Jun 21, 2018 | Ask the Coach, communication skills
Dear Coach, I have a coworker whose voice is very loud. She has been asked by several of our more senior colleagues to please turn down the volume, but it doesn’t last long when she does. I do a lot of phone work and she drowns out the person I’m trying to...
