Public Speaking
How to Use Pauses in a Speech Without Feeling Awkward
You finish a sentence, the room goes quiet, and every instinct tells you to fill the silence with "so" or "um" or a nervous...
Public speaking and presentation coach
Freya coaches founders and engineers who would rather write code than stand on a stage. She trained as an actor before she trained anyone else, and most of what she teaches is about what to do with the fifteen seconds before you open your mouth.
Public Speaking
You finish a sentence, the room goes quiet, and every instinct tells you to fill the silence with "so" or "um" or a nervous...
Public Speaking
You are four minutes into your talk, the next sentence is gone, and fifty faces are waiting.
Public Speaking
You finish your last point, look at the room, and say "So, yeah, that's it." The energy you built for twenty minutes drains...
Public Speaking
You watch the recording of your last presentation and count 40 "ums" in eight minutes.
Workplace Communication
It is Tuesday afternoon, the report is due Friday, and you already know it will not be ready.
Brand Messaging
A regional accounting firm I worked with changed its name in March and spent the next six months answering one question from...