Public Speaking: The First 3 Minutes
This is it! You’ve landed your first Public Speaking engagement. You’ve have prepared and rehearsed. You are all ready to give your best presentation ever.
As you begin you have exactly 3 minutes of your presentation to grab the audience attention and build rapport to ensure they buy in to what you have to say. (more…)
Public Speaking: The First 3 Minutes
This is it! You’ve landed your first Public Speaking engagement. You’ve have prepared and rehearsed. You are all ready to give your best presentation ever.
As you begin you have exactly 3 minutes of your presentation to grab the audience attention and build rapport to ensure they buy in to what you have to say. (more…)
Get Out Of The Stone Age: Give Leadership Talks
Summary: Many leaders have the wrong idea of what is important in terms of communication. Brent Filson observes that it’s just not sending information that is critical, but making all-important deep human connections with people.
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Speaking Precisely
You can express yourself better if you learn the proper words to use for each situation.
You can pick up these words by reading good books and articles. Just be careful you don’t pronounce something incorrectly in your head, and then speak that way in public. People will think you’re ignorant. (more…)
Public Speaking Fear? You Should Be Afraid
Like most pubic speaking consultants, I usually hammer all the reasons a person should not be afraid of presenting. However, the more coaching I do, the more I realize the fear is legit. People should be afraid of getting in front of a group.
While there is a lot to gain from speaking publicly, there is also a lot to lose. (more…)
Public Speaking - How To Get Enthusiastic Applause Using Visual Aids
Interesting and powerful visual aids can almost guarantee a successful and overly effective speech. A majority of speakers don’t use visual aids or when they do, they make it almost impossible for the audience to fully understand, listen to what you are saying, and to take notes at the same time. (more…)
Public Speaking - The Key Is In The Body Language. The 8 Stages To A Successful Presentation
Most people have a fear of speaking to a large group. This is a totally normal apprehension. People may visualise the audience laughing at them, or shouting out. This is an extremely rare occurrence, unless you are a politician.
Most people listening to you are aware of the pressures you are under (more…)
10 Sure-Fire Steps To Take The Fear Out Of Public Speaking
Do you “feel the fear” when asked to do some Public Speaking?
Public Speaking is still one of our greatest fears and it turns grown men and women into nervous wrecks. The mere thought of it turns our tongue to cotton wool, causes our internal plumbing to act up and turns our knees to jelly. (more…)
Toxic People
Mark Twain said, “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” And you know what? He was right! I am sure you know at least one person in your life that always has something negative to say. (more…)
Your Expertise Is Boring!
I see your lips moving, but all I hear is “Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.” I know it’s not what you want to hear, but quite simply, if you are a speaker, author, consultant or other “expert” I see being interviewed by the news media, your expertise just isn’t very interesting. Information is a dime-a-dozen and yours is no different. (more…)