Glossophobia is today's Word of the Day. For a more complete list of phobias, read "Phobias – A Big List" and "Communication-Related Phobias." WORD TYPE DEFINITION PRONOUNCIATION Glossophobia Noun Fear…
Ira KoretskyMay 10, 2016
Negative words, whether used on purpose or by accident, can have a big impact on your audience. Potentially, an impact you did not want or plan for. Imagine you are…
Ira KoretskyApril 20, 2016
I'm honored to be delivering the opening keynote for the 15th Annual Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Forum & Expo in Atlanta May 23 to 25. "AWAKEN THE STORYTELLING…
Ira KoretskyApril 6, 2016
This blog post is about Epiphora, a Repetition Figure of Speech. It is part of a series on repetition. I share them as the English language has hundreds of literary…
Ira KoretskyApril 6, 2016
Here’s a tragic love story (read with a little sarcasm and satirical intent). One for the record books. During a client meeting, Jeremy* said the dreaded b-word, "but." A few…
Ira KoretskyMarch 23, 2016
To us at The Chief Storyteller®, every day is, a storytelling day! Too often professionals both do not think of themselves as business storytellers and do not have integrated business…
Dave MichaelsMarch 20, 2016
Recently I read a great interview in the New York Times, You’ve Got to Open Up to Move Up. The NYT interviewed Walter Bettinger II, President and Chief Executive Officer,…
Ira KoretskyMarch 9, 2016
During a recent workshop, a person confided in me he had a phobia of public speaking. He had A LOT of anxiety over public speaking that he would almost certainly…
Ira KoretskyMarch 2, 2016