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Engage your audience when you speak

Mar 12, 2010 9:27pm

From one of my favourite “gurus” …. How do you make your presentation more interesting to your audience? Perhaps the most important technique is to include them when you speak. You can choose your words to engage your listeners — or leave them out. If you leave them out, boredom is...

Is Twitter a Presenter’s Nightmare or a Dream Come True?

Mar 9, 2010 7:02am

with Cliff Atkinson Armed with laptops and smartphones, audiences are no longer sitting quietly while speakers are talking — instead they’re using Twitter and other tools to create a backchannel where they chat with one another, make comments about your presentation and broadcast their thoughts to people all over the world. If...

Instantly improve your public speaking dramatically

Mar 9, 2010 1:13am

Interesting article on 7 “little things that will instantly improve your public speaking dramatically.” I really love SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST and undoubtedly certain people need to be told TALK TWICE AS SLOW TALK TWICE AS LOUD … a very useful list to print out and read just before presenting. 7 Easy Ways To Instantly Improve...

Positioning Yourself For More Speaking Engagements

Mar 8, 2010 3:13am

12 essential Steps to Attract Your Ideal Customers With all due respect, love and admiration, why do you, some of our planet’s best teachers (professional speakers) think that all you have to do is throw up a website to get invitations to speak? What’s with the trend to try to build...

Thought for Thursday

Mar 3, 2010 8:45pm

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. — Mark Twain … or as powerful, or as useful at keeping audience attention. Do you remember a time in school when a child or maybe a pair of children were chatting when the...

The Value of Simplicity

Feb 24, 2010 6:24am

Robert Graham has written a great post based on the value of simplicity. He makes a powerful point. The theme also proved to be a useful hook for hanging some very basic but vital tips … on any sort of communication, not just public speaking. You can read his...

How to be funny

Feb 23, 2010 6:55am

Let’s be honest. We all LOVE those individuals that make us LAUGH. The funnier you are, the more people like you, and the more they pen up to your speeches. Well, how funny are YOU? Our natural humour skills are vial to our public speaking. What if you could suddenly become EVEN FUNNIER, just...

Public Speaking Fear – Will They Reject My Words?

Feb 22, 2010 3:05am

Guest post by Janet Hilts Is your fear of speaking really a fear of rejection? That’s at the bottom of public speaking anxiety for a lot of people. The way to deal with this fear is to first take a closer look. What are you afraid might be rejected? Your words? Rejection...

9 Secret Ways to Persuade and Influence People

Feb 21, 2010 1:33am

Persuasiveness is one of the most important skills anyone can learn because it is useful in countless situations. At work, at home, and in your social life, the ability to be persuasive and influence others can be instrumental for achieving goals and being happy. Learning about the tricks of persuasion can also give...

Friday freebie

Feb 19, 2010 2:43am

Today’s freebie is a set of tips on public speaking …. Keeping Audience attention. It’s just so basic, so crucial to your success as a speaker. And particularly for beginners, it can be very nerve-wracking, wondering how to make sure your audience stays with you. What will you...