Steve Boyd

January 25, 2021

Communicating in Conflict

All of us have certainly seen many examples of conflict in the last several months. Communicating in conflict is often a negative situation, but whether […]
October 21, 2020

Zooming With Your Audience

Speaking is now more challenging than ever because we often cannot see our audience and their visual reactions. Since the pandemic limits personal contact, we […]
April 24, 2020

Let There Be Space

In his book, The Prophet, Kahil Gibran wrote, “Let there be spaces in your togetherness.”  Not only is this important in relationships in general, but […]
April 13, 2020

Make Each Word Count

Three elderly gentlemen were sitting together on a train out of London. The first one said, “This is Wembley.” The second one said, “No, this […]
December 17, 2019

Embracing Your Intuition

In public speaking, there are times when a little voice inside you seems to say, “Leave this out,” or “Add this line,” or “Stop here.” […]
September 16, 2019

Everything But Your Words!

How ideas are presented has a great deal to do with how much value they seem to offer. Delivery is the source of your contact […]
June 17, 2019

Good Use of Speaking Time

 You may sometimes wish you could die rather than give a speech, and public speaking did literally kill one of our presidents. William Henry Harrison […]
May 27, 2019

Being a Great Conversationalist

In the information-sharing society in which we live, finding people who will listen is a challenge. In a New Yorker cartoon, a man at a […]