Speaking
7 Tips for the Master of Ceremonies
MC’ing events and conferences at the top professional level is a real blast. The fundamental key is to make everyone else look like stars…then you’ll shine along with them. Forget the ‘Do’s and Don’ts’ lists - think po [read more...]
Speakers: Think Through What Might Happen to Prepare Your Audience
Art is lone, life short;
judgment difficult, opportunity transient.
–Goethe (adapting the words of Hippocrates)
In September 1995, I made the most important (and perhaps the only important) speech of my career when I introduced the 40 [read more...]
How Do You Explain Something No One Has Ever Thought About Before?
Just do it.
–Nike advertisement
Many times we are asked to express ideas that no one has thought about before. What’s a good way to do this?
Story tellers rely on letting people use their imagination. To do that, they often sta [read more...]
Watch Your Listeners to See If the Message Is Sinking In
No man would listen to you talk
if he didn’t know it was his turn next.
–Edgar Watson Howe
Speaking is an art. But when we think like the audience, it becomes a conversation. Let me share an example to show what I mean.
Dead In The Water — What Does It Mean
If you are like most people you would like to make all your problems go dead in the water. This means that you would like to make all your bills or anything else that is giving you a headache to just go away.
People will do almost anything to make mone [read more...]
Public Speaking - Use The PowerPoint Effectively
The software application PowerPoint (PP) has been a revolution in public speaking particularly in the business world.It is easy to use, available with almost every implementation of the Microsoft Office suite and it’s reliable. If you can use Microsoft W [read more...]
Public Speaking - Put Some Snap Into It
The difference between a public speaking presentation that bores you to tears and one that leaves you with a smile on your face and thinking about that presentation is often not the content but the style of the speaker.
You can take the same exact wri [read more...]
How To Build Self Confidence in Public Speaking
Public speaking can be a rewarding experience that allows individuals to showcase their skills or knowledge in a public forum. Public speaking opportunities can allow an individual to help enrich the lives of anyone in the audience by impressing experiences o [read more...]
Public Speaking - How To Write A Good Speech
You cannot excel at public speaking without a good speech. If you are asked to give a speech or its required for work or school, you know that when you stand up there to give that presentation, you are going to have to have a well organized outline and conten [read more...]
Public Speaking - Maintaining Your Focus
A public speaking situation can be intimidating for even the most seasoned of public speaking professionals. That is because when speaking to a live audience, you really never know what is going to happen.
Never mind the freak occurrences of problems [read more...]