by Alex Perry | Feb 19, 2019 | Confidence, leadership, Public Speaking, Storytelling, Uncategorized
The Five Ps of Your Business Story My daughter and about 40 other tween and teenage girls participated in local STEM event a week or so ago. Lured in by swag bags and brownies the girls were highly encouraged to stay for the remainder of the program; a keynote,...
by Alex Perry | Feb 12, 2019 | leadership, Public Speaking, Uncategorized, Webinars
Tell the truth. How many times have you sat through an online webinar, half listening, half responding to emails you’ve put off in your inbox? None? Really? Scrolling through social media then? (I’m joking…mostly.) Webinars are everywhere....
by Alex Perry | Jan 22, 2019 | leadership, Presence, Public Speaking, Storytelling, Uncategorized
You have the BEST EVER (insert techy thing here) for your presentation. Perhaps it’s a…GIF riddled powerpoint with fancy transitions, musical segway, dancing cat video, 3-D display of “fancy new” product… maybe even a robot. There’s...
by Alex Perry | Dec 27, 2018 | Better Communication, Confidence, leadership, Presence, Uncategorized
Ok, maybe it’s not the word of 2019; I don’t wield that much influence (yet), but it’s definitely my word for 2019. If you haven’t heard about choosing a word for the year, let me explain how this works. The idea is to pick a single word to...
by Alex Perry | Dec 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Obligatory Christmas picture with our bio kids. Max. The Dog. Our Bonus Kids What does Christmas look like at the Practically Speaking household? Well…let’s see there’s: Four sets of parents, five kids (explained more here), one...
by Alex Perry | Dec 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
You know enough about me by now to know that I believe in the power of words. I think a lot about words, how we use them, and what impact they have. I believe our words have the power to change the world. As I’m sitting here writing this, I...
