Lynn Espinoza is a broadcast news veteran with more than a decade of media, presentation and executive coaching experience. She has developed personal coaching sessions for Fortune 100 C-level executives, corporate communicators of all kinds, doctors, lawyers and leaders in non-profit.
Archive for December, 2008
Resolve to Speak Creatively in 2009!
Every year on New Year’s Eve, my favorite list comes out. It’s the list of “banished words and phrases” - tired, overused verbage that we resolve (usually unsuccessfully) to leave behind as we head into the new year. On the top of this year’s list:
Going green (I am certain we’ll take this into 2009)
Wall Street/Main Street […]
Seasonal Speech on a Slippery Slope
If you want to hear authentic communication at its best, stand on a street corner on a hill covered with snow and ice. This is where I’ve spent the last week, as I live three-quarters of the way up just such a street.
“Whoaaaa…. no, no, NOOO”
“Get outta the street, you TOOL… I’m sliding sideways!!!!”
“Hey, we […]
Inviting Barack Obama to a Presentation Training Session
I know what you’re thinking. Barack Obama is one of the finest orators ever. Why, then, do I recommend that he dedicate some time to presentation training?
Because public speaking is not only about scripted oratory. It is more than delivering an elegant and eloquent public address. In fact as President, Barack Obama will spend more […]