Boy, it's been all tough news since my last post. I don't mean the steady stream of celebrity deaths, such as Ed McMahon, Farrah Faw...

Zig Ziglar I went to see Zig Ziglar yesterday in Philadelphia. I attended a "Get Motivated" seminar, which featured a number of f...

Kobe Bryant and Los Angeles Lakers were humiliated a year ago by the Boston Celtics, and he vowed to come back from that devastating loss. ...

Hey, did you notice that today is the FCC-dictated switch from analog TV to digital? You didn't? If not, you can't blame the major ...

Bill Lampton likes my book, “The Six P’s of Change!” Bill, who is a Ph.D., is an internationally recognized expert on communication, a bro...

Here's a cautionary tale for you traveling speakers. It starts with my upcoming engagement at the Toastmasters Region VII conference on ...

Over the weekend, I participated in the International Speech competition of Toastmasters District 38, which covers parts of Pennsylvania and...

With all the brouhaha about Carrie Prejean , Miss California USA, which started once she answered a judge's question about gay marriage...

This past Saturday night was a gumbo of fun, fright and enlightenment. But it's only now that I recognize that. For several hours, it wa...

To My Fellow Toastmasters and other Speechmakers : I was annoyed some years back when the film “The Dead Poets Society” won an Academy Award...