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6 Breathing Tricks That Actually Calm Speaking Nerves
If you’ve ever felt your heart race or your throat tighten before speaking in public, you’re not alone. Nervousness before a presentation is common, but it doesn’t have to control you. One of the most powerful and often overlooked tools…
Engaging Virtual Audiences Like They’re in the Room
In an era where remote meetings and online training sessions have become the norm, the ability to captivate a virtual audience is no longer a bonus skill – it’s a mandatory one. Whether you’re pitching a new idea, delivering training,…
How To Truly Understand & Engage With Your Audience
Connecting with an audience isn’t about dazzling them with facts or slides. It’s about understanding them on a deeper level, speaking to their concerns, and making them feel seen. As someone who’s spent years in front of diverse crowds, I…
How to Finally Overcome Public Speaking Anxiety
Public speaking anxiety isn’t rare: it’s completely universal. That jittery feeling in your stomach, the mental blank, the clammy hands – it’s all part of the experience for many of us. But here’s what I’ve learned: fear doesn’t mean you’re…
Stop Trying to “Get Over” Fear of Speaking!
The most common advice about public speaking is also the most misleading: “Just get over it.” But fear of speaking isn’t something to eliminate. It’s something to understand, use – and eventually, appreciate. This article breaks down how to transform…
Using Excel’s SUMPRODUCT Function
The SUMPRODUCT function is a powerful Excel tool that multiplies corresponding numbers in two or more arrays and then adds those products together. Think of it as completing two operations—multiplication and addition—in one elegant step. It’s especially useful when you…
5 Unique Ways To Give Constructive Feedback
As a manager, one of your most important responsibilities is helping your team grow and perform. Sometimes that means delivering constructive feedback. But here’s the challenge: how do you give honest feedback that helps someone improve, without leaving them feeling…
Mastering The Focus Cell In Excel
In recent updates to Excel for Microsoft 365, a subtle but powerful feature has been rolled out — the Focus Cell. This tool helps you instantly identify where you’re working by visually highlighting: The active cell It’s entire row and…
Power BI vs Microsoft Fabric
Power BI and Microsoft Fabric are two powerful tools for working with data. But when should you use Power BI vs Microsoft Fabric, and which is the best tool for your next insightful data analysis? Microsoft Fabric is a new,…
Mastering The Basics of Effective Presentations
Great presentations don’t start with slides – they start with intention. Early in my career, I believed being prepared meant knowing what to say. But over time I learned that truly effective presenting is about making people feel something, not…
AI Policy Research & Statistics
Everyone is talking about AI – but how many people understand how it will be controlled and implemented day-to-day in the workplace? The results of our survey were concerning, showing distinct inequalities between men and women, between older workers and…
Creating A Combo Chart (Two-Axis Chart) In Power BI
In this article, you will learn how to quickly create and edit the formatting of Power BI combo charts. Combo charts are dual-axis charts (they have a secondary Y-axis), making them great ways to compare two different datasets against another…