How to Use Public Speaking to Promote Your Business Without Cost (30 Mar 2006)
We all know that word of mouth is the best and most effective form of advertising. People experience your service or product, like what they experience and tell others about you. The only problem with this is that it occurs sporadically between tw...
Top 10 Es to Motivate and Influence an Audience (13 Oct 2005)
Speak with E's. Be a speaker of influence not control or
guilt. With the privilege of the platform comes the awesome
responsibility of motivating and influencing your audience
to feel/think/act differently.
1. Educate provide your audience...
Public Speaking and Executive Women: Getting Past The Venus Myth and Why Business Women Need To (30 Dec 2005)
Family therapist John Gray was hardly the first to insist communication problems are gender-based. While it reinforced old stereotypes, Gray's pop-psychology tome of the early 90's did give female executives something new to ponder. If "Men are f...
Outside-In Confidence for Public Speaking (09 May 2006)
If you are speaking in front of a group, regardless of how or why you got there, you are an expert. The entire audience is looking at you as the person who knows enough about the topic to be asked to speak. As such, you must present yourself as an...
Public Speaking - How Self Hypnosis Cds Can Help (29 Apr 2006)
One of the most popular issues than anyone can have is the fear of speaking in public. In fact surveys have revealed that in the US this is the biggest fear of Americans.
Public speaking as such can refer to many differing events in which a ...
Sell More & Speak Better By Relaxing Until Its Too Late (04 Aug 2005)
Keynote speakers, top salespeople, and big-time athletes face a similar challenge.
How do you get up for the game, get ready to do your best, without nervously dissipating your energy, or overvaluing the idea of winning at any cost?
In...
The Secrets of Watchability for Speakers (05 Apr 2006)
"Watchability." Both my spell checker and an online dictionary tell me that "watchability" is not a real word. However, I will continue to use it because, in my opinion, the ability to be watchable may be the single most important trait a s...
Communicating With Speeches and Presentations (19 Jan 2006)
Presentation or speaking savvy is one of the most critical communication skills needed to move up in today's business environment, according to a national survey of 725 upper and middle managers.
I am a member of two Toastmaster Clubs and we pract...
How Public Speaking Can Help You Dramatically Increase Your Business (13 Aug 2005)
There's an often-quoted statistic that the fear of public speaking is right up there with the fear of death as the two events people most fear in their lives. However, as a business owner, I can guarantee you that public speaking is a phenomenal ...
Distracting Presentation Habits - Ways to Overcome Them (17 Aug 2005)
I realize that it is important for us to work on appearing natural while making a presentation. If, however, we become too natural and relaxed, we may not even realize that we have adopted one or more distracting habits that will rob our pr...
A Presentation Exception to the Rule Works Successfully (27 Sep 2005)
In most presentation articles, I stress how important it is to neither read nor memorize your presentation. The first can alienate and /or bore the audience, while the second can easily trip you up when you forget a word or phrase.
Presentation Goofs That Will Guarantee That You Will Be Forgotten as a Speaker (18 Mar 2006)
Realize that the following techniques are to be avoided. I have observed presenters that practice all of these no-nos and are never asked back.
Never look anyone in the eye. Scan the room with your gaze somewhere above the head...
Five Presentation Techniques Not to Use as a Speaker (06 Jan 2006)
I hope you will learn some good presentation techniques by my pointing out what NOT to do when presenting. Remember the following are techniques to AVOID.
Be late for your presentation, or rush in at the last minute, ...
Common Presentation Habits to Avoid (30 Dec 2005)
In this article I discuss some of the common habits that speakers unknowingly exhibit while presenting, how to spot them, and ways to overcome them.
Do you look at your watch to check the time? Time is extremely important when ...
Presentation Skills -- The Six Most Important Lessons (26 Jan 2006)
With more than fourteen years as a professional speaker, trainer, and storyteller, I have learned many hard-fought lessons that work to make presentations powerful. These techniques work whether we are speaking, giving workshops, or leading...
Presentations Too Comfortable? -- It Is Time To Take Some Risks (12 Mar 2006)
Long ago I heard speakers who advocated, "Have one speech and just find different audiences." Today's audiences, however, are expecting more from us. Even if you have a tested, surefire winner of a presentation, it is time to ask yourself ...
Presentation Changes for a Bit of Excitement for You and Your Listeners (04 Oct 2005)
Is it time for a change? If you have been speaking for awhile, you have probably settled into the comfort of re-using the material that is already prepared and familiar. In this article, I challenge you to make some changes.
Start ...
Audience Attention -- Grab It by Using the Power of Stories (21 Sep 2005)
It was 3 p.m. on a hot, summer afternoon. The non-air conditioned college classroom was jammed with CityYear participants who had started their active day before 6 a.m. I was doing a workshop on using the "Magic of Storytelling in the Commu...
Presentation Skills -- Five Tips on Picking and Preparing Topics (03 Oct 2005)
Be passionate about your topic! I know beginning speakers who are so eager to be hired to speak that they tell prospective clients that they can speak on everything — just give them a topic. Not so! Yes, most intelligent people can pull tog...
Public Speaking Is an Art (09 Apr 2006)
Public speaking is speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner. It is a form of communication that adds to the knowledge and wisdom of listeners, or that influences their attitudes or behavior. In public speaking, as in any fo...
