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The Voice of Compassion
My best friend’s wife died recently. Suddenly. Nothing can explain a tragedy like this. But in the midst of bottomless grief and sorrow,...

Rick Salmon
Dec 30, 20182 min read


To Pitch an Idea, first you must Connect
One of the biggest reasons why so many pitches fail is that we fail to CONNECT with our listeners. Connection is where it all starts....

Rick Salmon
Nov 27, 20182 min read


How the Voice of Emma González Saved me
I felt numb. Yet another cruel shooting in my home country of America. In sunny Florida even. Yet another senseless slaughter of innocent...

Rick Salmon
Sep 23, 20182 min read


As soon as you speak, you will instantly be judged
With first impressions, your voice is more important than you may realise. It takes less than 1 second for people to judge your...

Rick Salmon
Jul 23, 20182 min read


What I learned from 3 days of complete silence
When I was a rowdy kid (yes, just ask my 4 brothers), my mother would (often) send me to my room. Being forced to sit alone was the...

Rick Salmon
Mar 13, 20182 min read


A Silent Retreat: Who are you without your Voice?
One of my life’s biggest missions is to help other people to find their voices. Not their singing voices, but their speaking voices....

Rick Salmon
Mar 9, 20181 min read


The Power of Pitching
Just before Christmas I competed in the Finals of the Techtour European Venture Contest. Oddly enough, I was one of the category winners...

Rick Salmon
Jan 23, 20181 min read


Learn from the Speakers You Admire
I just listened to an old speech by Martin Luther King Jr. from April 4th, 1967 at the Riverside Church in New York City. It wasn’t his...

Rick Salmon
Nov 21, 20171 min read


A Tolerance for Silence
Right now I am on an airplane. I’m flying home at 20,000 feet from Kuopio, Finland. I’m decompressing. Imagine a town dropped right in...

Rick Salmon
May 20, 20172 min read


Entrepreneur Success Factor? Words-Music-Dance
Many entrepreneurs struggle. Some fail, yet some entrepreneurs succeed beyond their wildest dreams. What is the difference? What is the...

Rick Salmon
Oct 9, 20122 min read


The Secret to Pitching your Business in 30 seconds
If you can’t tell me in 30 seconds what you do and what you want, then I am not buying, investing or probably even listening any longer...

Rick Salmon
Jul 25, 20123 min read
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