Why is Siri’s Voice Female and What Does It Say About Us?
By Sharon Delaney McCloud, Managing Partner Not sure what’s on your DVR, but mine is filled with a mixture of Charles Osgood’s Sunday Morning brilliance, PBS, The Blacklist, The Walking Dead and ALL of Shonda Rhimes’ shows. Since its debut twelve seasons ago, Meredith Grey and her colleagues from Grey’s Anatomy have been a big […]
Public Speaking: When Your Opening Joke Falls Flat!
Just don’t let me bomb. I hope they laugh at my jokes. Please don’t let them see how nervous I am. These are common and reasonable concerns when you’re giving a presentation. Even experienced speakers can get the jitters. And even experienced public speakers sometimes tell an opening joke that is met with silence! So […]
On the Other Side of the Camera
So what am I going to do now? My friend for more than a decade cheerfully responds, “Well, you can come do a media training with me next week.” A television journalist for 20 years, I questioned if I were even qualified to do media training. I mean, I had never trained anyone on how […]