Writers are communicators, and the spoken word is half the job. These posts cover public speaking for introverts, Toastmasters, presentations that land, performing on camera, networking that works, and the speeches that made or destroyed reputations.
Master electricians, stone masons, watchmakers, boatbuilders, organ builders, and more. Knowledge that does not transfer through textbooks. The book is the only structure that captures what apprenticeship used to carry.
The most infamous gaffes in American political history and what they teach about the difference between controlled and uncontrolled messaging.
The emotional techniques behind history’s greatest political speeches and why they are even more powerful in a professionally written book.
Political figures who use speechwriters already understand collaborative writing. A book is the same process at a different scale with far greater returns.
Brilliant executives with terrible storytelling skills lose funding, teams, and influence. A 54-book ghostwriter on the skill most leaders never develop.
How networking took an introverted coder to Director at Trader Joe’s and then to a ghostwriting business with 54 clients. Real career lessons, not theory.
I gave a speech at Toastmasters about my tattoos. A phoenix for rebirth after my wife died. Here’s what Toastmasters actually does and why writers should join.
I’m an introvert with ADHD and autism. Public speaking should be the last thing I’d do. Here’s how grief, a camera, and Toastmasters changed that.
I interview every ghostwriting client on Zoom. After hundreds of sessions, here’s what works, what doesn’t, and what kills a good interview before it starts.
A CEO ended my presentation at Trader Joe’s with eight words. What I learned about translating expertise into language that moves decision-makers.
Most networking groups waste your time with stale coffee and elevator pitches. After 9 months in Eliances, here is why I look forward to Tuesday meetings.
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