Category: Speaking as Hospitality
-
Speaking as Hospitality
Can a speech feel like Grandma Grace’s table? When I think about hospitality, I think about my grandmother’s table. When I was a teen, my family visited Grandma Grace and Grandpa Harry in Barron, Wisconsin. They were always home, and always welcomed us inside where we sat at a simple table in the kitchen. Grandma…
-
Speaking as Hospitality: A First Look from Sutra House
It may be odd to hear that effective public speaking is about learning to pay better attention. Attention to the room. Attention to another person’s fears. Attention to the conversations taking shape before your first word. This attention led me to write Speaking as Hospitality and Sutra House has released the pre-publication page, and I’m…
-
Speaking as Hospitality
A New Book with Sutra House I am pleased to share that I have signed with Sutra House Publishing for my forthcoming book on public speaking, service, and hospitality. It’s debut will be some time in 2027. This book has grown from years of speaking, teaching, listening, leading, preaching, writing, and standing before rooms attempting…