I'd like to share a video I was asked to contribute to this week's annual convention of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers.

A few of us were asked to provide content for a section titled "One thing I know for sure". I decided to...

by Patricia Morgan (Therapist, author, speaker)

In March 2020, the world’s population was called to demonstrate resilience by adapting to health protocols to keep us all healthy and safe. By April, I was providing emotional support to more...

It’s been a year of mental stress for everyone. The anxiety brought by Covid-19; the systemic racism that prompted the Black Lives Matter movement; the divisions and disinformation of the US elections.

Where we are, in Atlantic Canada, there...

The virtual world is like a can of soup, says Halina St James. The technology is the can, whether it’s Zoom, Skype, Google Meet, or some other video-conferencing app. But what’s in the can, the soup, is the most important thing. The...

Being a good speaker is important in our virtual world. But it’s not the most important skill a leader should be displaying in Zoom and Skype calls.

The most important skill, according to leaders of the faculty of executive education at the...

Joe Biden has struggled with a stutter all his life. Even now, after 47 years in the public spotlight, he says there are times - when he is tired - that he finds himself stuttering.

So how did he prepare for the most important speech of his life?

A Facebook posting characterized speaking virtually as 'a seance’. There was a picture of four people holding hands and around a table with a candle. Their leader was saying, “Elizabeth, can you hear me? Show yourself, Elizabeth. Say...

Trust drives business. It’s the first thing we need to establish to be successful and it must be maintained to stay in business, writes guest contributor Lea Brovedani.

Before the pandemic we established trust with most people in person....

Reporters want the best product they can deliver in the time available. News is a production line. Information and quotes are the raw materials. The quality of the product is judged, in newsrooms, by the impact of the sound bite or clip, the...

Some of the greatest inventions have come out of what was thought to be a mistake at the time.

What mistakes have you made in your business? How can you re purpose them into something delicious?

I just had the pleasure of moderating a virtual discussion between award-winning Canadian journalist and news anchor Ian Hanomansing and an audience of members of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS).

There was plenty to talk...

As cruel and painful as Covid-19 is, it has also brought some new opportunities to some businesses. As the old saying goes, 'every cloud has a silver lining.'

So Covid is also a world of silver linings for those who have embraced one of the big...