My first foray into public speaking was painful to say the least. I was so sure that I was going to fall flat on my face without notes that I did what many people…
Author: Peter Robichau
Peter Robichau is an author, speaker and consultant whose passion is pursuing excellence in all areas of life (business, family, leisure ... you name it). He has been featured on the air, online and in print in lots of familiar places like NPR, CIO Magazine, PC Magazine and PRI's Marketplace. You can find him online at robichau.com.
Blog posts
Carl Jung: Yoda’s Great Grandfather
George Lucas brought us Yoda … without him, Yoda wouldn’t exist – he’s the closest thing we have to Yoda’s dad. But Yoda’s lineage can be traced back even farther, and is quite impressive…
How Steve Jobs Hacked the Commencement Speech
Steve Jobs, the “speaker of speakers” was invited to Stanford University to deliver the commencement speech on June 12, 2005. He wanted to tell the graduating students to live boldly and to chase their…
Know the Value of your Audience’s Time
I don’t care who your audience is, or what setting you find yourself in, the following exercise is extremely helpful in the process of grasping the importance of each word you speak. There is…
The Myth of the Memorable Long-Form Speech
It is a fairly well-known fact that TED Talk speakers are limited to 18 minutes. The primary reason for this is that the human brain has trouble focusing on a single topic for more…
Stop Your Yapping! (Shorter is always better.)
How much time should you allot to your guest speaker? Well, that depends on what the purpose of the talk is. If you default to the norm, you’ll give the speaker 30 – 60…
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