in one word, CURIOUS !

I was invited by Speakers Den Toastmasters, Bangalore to speak on humor and the theme [...]

Disclaimer: I live today to write this blog because of the munificence and support of [...]

“Attending a committee meeting and going to the toilet are in many ways similar. In [...]

In 2009 I had signed up for a workshop for entrepreneurs by Prof Y L R Moorthi of IIM [...]

June 3, 2020. Dr Latha Vijayabhaskar, curator of the 30 Day Blogging Challenge [...]

It all started at IIM Bangalore. I regularly conduct programs for MDP sessions and [...]

Both of them in the picture above may not have anything to do with public speaking, [...]

My friend and a compelling professional speaker, Pravin Shekar http://katha108.com [...]

I was elated to read the blurb that lead to an article in the July-August 2020 issue [...]

I’ve been lucky to travel extensively across continents on training assignments and [...]

Manipal, Karnataka. Mid-70s. I was a student of engineering at MIT and also a member [...]

“When you begin to analyse fun, it isn’t fun anymore”-Anon I received this book as a [...]

My public speaking teachers had stressed on these rules to be followed religiously to [...]

I live in the city of Bangalore,India. Every month I buy medicines for a tidy sum. A [...]

2005. My first visit to Bangkok. As my cab from the airport was navigating the [...]

Public speaking as a skill may come naturally to a select few but for the rest of us, [...]

My friend Dhileepan Nair had shared an inspiring incident about ordinary people [...]

Humor has many forms, jokes, anecdotes, quips, verses, limericks, satire, slapstick, [...]

The Bhagavad Gita has 18 chapters. No,this is NOT a religious post!😎 The Gita [...]

A workplace filled with laughter is generally assumed to be a good thing.Several [...]

I was listening to a celebrity speaker who thundered,”The number one fear for most [...]

I am encouraged and grateful for your overwhelming response to my earlier post on [...]

I thought I’d given a magnificent speech. And an elderly gentleman from the [...]

I was listening to a podcast of Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft titled ‘ Microsoft’s [...]

A webinar for a client yesterday… During the intro round,a participant said,” I am a [...]

I started blogging exactly THIS DAY,the 5th June in 2006! I wrote on public [...]

Well, part 2 and the end of the Q&A. From 100 plus questions I’d clubbed similar [...]

I recently conducted a webinar on INFLUENCE WITHOUT AUTHORITY for Toastmasters of [...]

I gave a 15 minute talk on ‘UNLEASH YOUR HUMOR QUOTIENT’ at TEDx Dubai in 2010. My [...]

Last year I was scheduled to speak at a conference from 12.30 PM to 1.30 PM. Like it [...]

31 May 2013. Quito. The scenic capital city of Ecuador. I was at the Hilton Colon to [...]