Boost your career along with your confidence. Here’s a free, quick video with a concrete tip to help you do the latter.

To learn more, I hope you’ll join me for the following webinars–as well as workshops in New York City:

How to Project Confidence with Demanding People – webinar
Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 1-2:30 p.m. (Eastern)
(Offered again on Thurs., March 28, 1-2:30 p.m.)
American Management Association
US$149 (more…)

One of the most important career-building and leadership skills you can learn is to speak effectively to an audience. I dedicated a chapter of my book, Self-Promotion for Introverts®, to this topic, based on work with my coaching clients over more than a decade as well as continuing education students in my Presentation Skills for Introverts™ workshop at New York University. If you would like to build your skills and confidence at public speaking, particularly as an introvert, check out the following resources.

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Boost your career along with your confidence. Join me for the following webinars and a workshop in New York City this Fall:

How to Be a Successful Manager as an Introvert – webinar
Thursday, September 27, 2012, 1-2:30 p.m. (Eastern)
American Management Association
US$149 (more…)

In his “Talking Points” article for Entrepreneur magazine, Ross McCammon (better known as “the Esquire guy”) shares heaps about “How can you go from ‘public speaking isn’t my thing’ to full-fledged confidence.” I’m interviewed in the article.

Learn to speak about yourself more compellingly and improve your presentation skills. Also get pointers on taking care of your voice, courtesy of speech pathologist MJ Kanner. See my interview with Jeff Rivera, founder and editor in chief, The Gatekeepers Post, “the leading social media book publishing community on the web.”

I like making terrifying topics fun. In my upcoming interactive presentations, together we’ll tackle super scary topics like public speaking, self-promotion, and projecting confidence with demanding people, with special insights for introverts. You’ll leap over a few hurdles and learn something useful. We’ll have some laughs—but never at anyone’s expense. (more…)

McGraw-Hill is reprinting Self-Promotion for Introverts®. A word of gratitude. This wouldn’t have happened without you. Big thanks to friends and fans from around the world for buying the book and spreading the message about how you can get heard more—even if you talk less.

I’d like to share media highlights to help you take a fresh look at your career, promote yourself authentically without bragging, get a new job, build your business, and give a talk with more confidence.
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Would you like to give presentations with the ease of chatting with friends in your living room? If so, check out “Presentation Tips for Introverts,” a story I just wrote for business technology author Patrice-Ann Rutledge‘s blog. You’ll find answers to these questions:

1. What’s the best way to manage your fear of public speaking?
2. How can introverts learn to command a room and project a confident image while presenting, even if they don’t feel so confident inside?
3. Do introverts share certain characteristics that actually make them good presenters?

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Do you learn best through your eyes, your ears, by touching, smelling, tasting—or all of the above? Shelley-Ann West, a participant in several of my recent career oriented talks for introverts, describes herself as a visual thinker. A user experience design consultant (she makes technology easy to use and understand!), West created a mind map of her takeaways from a Presentation Skills for Introverts class I recently offered at the New York University.
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Interested in more insights on becoming a better public speaker? Mack Collier offers his perspective as a social media expert in “The Introvert’s Guide to Speaking,” a recent post on his popular blog. He covers some important basics that are helpful to introverts and extroverts alike (e.g., tell stories), and points to the social aspects of public speaking. Collier recommends, for example, attending meetups or tweetups before conferences. Good idea—as long as you’ve rested up if you’re an introvert. All the better if you arrive with a few talking points or conversation starters. Get to know and honor the right level of social interaction for you—balancing your need for time to recharge and reflect with your need to learn from others and build your professional network.
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