by Rosemary Ravinal | Mar 27, 2023 | Executive Communications, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Tips
For this last week of Women’s History Month, I took a deep dive into the reasons why women and men speak differently. It is a fact that the human voice is an instrument of power. It is also a fact that there are gendered ways of communicating which may hold...
by Rosemary Ravinal | Mar 6, 2023 | Executive Communications, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Tips
Why do brilliant, vibrant, charismatic professional women professionals struggle with imposter syndrome? At a women’s mentoring conference this past weekend, I was paired with a young high-performing sales executive who voiced a litany of doubts about her...
by Rosemary Ravinal | Feb 20, 2023 | Executive Communications, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Tips
The average human attention span is 8.25 seconds, that’s 4.25 seconds less than in 2000. A product of digital information overload and social media, decreasing attention calls for clear, concise, and compelling communication. Sound bites can be a solution to...
by Rosemary Ravinal | May 31, 2021 | Executive Communications, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Tips
Every presentation is a performance. It is a performance with a specific audience in mind, concise content, delivered with energy and authority. Whether you are doing a virtual presentation or in-person, there are common best practices that will ease your...
by Rosemary Ravinal | Apr 12, 2021 | Home Featured, Presentation Skills, Video Conferences, Zoom Score
Simple hand and arm gestures may be more effective than emoticons to improve engagement during Zoom meetings. Research from the University College London (UCL) in the UK shows that an intuitive set of hand signals can warm up the virtual meeting room and help...
by Rosemary Ravinal | Mar 15, 2021 | Presentation Skills
Oprah is the queen of television interviews. We saw this on full display during the landmark televised chat with Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Volumes of commentary have resulted from some of the explosive answers given by the celebrity couple. Much of...
