…every moment of public speaking is truly spontaneous—you have to be there in the room with your audience (instead of in your head) and invite them into your world.

It never ceases to amaze me how students (or anyone of any age, really) express the same exact challenges as people working at the highest levels of their profession.

It was a pleasure to talk with Scarlett Sieber about the impact of communication on organizational effectiveness for her #TechTuesday featured series on LinkedIn.

I worked for a wonderful person for 13 years during the day while doing theater at night. In the later years, working for him also allowed me to build my consulting business on the side until I was ready to jump off on my own.

More and more, clients want help speaking spontaneously in videos on social media and remote teams need help having more productive meetings via videoconference.

Follow PresentVoices on Instagram @presentvoices.co and let me know what you want to talk about. I want to amplify your voices and will be interviewing people about how they use their voices to be heard in the world

Listen to my interview on the Harvard Business Review podcast, The Anxious Achiever where I talk to the wonderful Morra Aarons-Mele about speaking anxiety and how to speak off-the-cuff even when you’re anxious.

In 2020 and beyond, I want to cultivate more silence and space. I want to listen to fewer podcasts and sit with myself in silence more (when I’m lucky enough to get some).

Happy Birthday, PresentVoices! Half a year after having a baby, I decided to birth a business. I envisioned a company that was personal to it's core, helping organizations speak their truth from the inside out. PresentVoices feels like home.

Especially since becoming a parent (to a toddler) I need peaceandquiet more than ever. That’s why I’m so excited to both teach and participate in a 5-day writing retreat at Kripalu at the end of June. 

What happens when a Communication Coach is struck by public speaking nerves?

New parenthood is helping me feel more powerful, personally and professionally. Understanding what makes you feel powerful is your strength. So… what makes you feel powerful?