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… And if you want to speak at their level (think Anthony Robbins, Darren La Croix or Obama Barrack), I suggest you start asking yourself these questions on a DAILY BASIS as well. Won’t take you long yet the effects will blow you away. 1. What am I doing today to improve my public speaking/presentation/speaking ...
2009 is going to be a grim year or so says the World Bank, fengshui masters and my mum. Markets are crashing, people are losing their jobs, stress is clearly in the air. In order to adapt to the new year, a lot has to change. For example our attitude towards work and our spending ...
Remember Pareto’s Principle? Where 80% of the results comes from 20% of your effort. Or 80% of your revenue generated by 20% of your customers. This principle works here in public speaking as well. If you are tight for time, and you want to know what you can do minimally to cause maximum results, this ...
Yup. I have unfortunately passed away, and it has taken a great deal of effort to reach out to my readers from the afterlife. I’ve managed to possess someone and am now typing this f …
Here, John gives you the lowdown on observing and creating your own humor monologues. At the end of the article, you should come to a realization that…I’m not going to spoil it for you now! Read on *grins*Oh no!!! Not another observational humor monologue!I realize that few readers have an interest in writing observational ...
Photo credits to JShineI finally finished reading a book written by a Magician. No, I am not switching careers. More importantly, Steve Cohen who is famously known as the Millionaire’s Magician( for obvious reasons ) writes about his secrets to a winning delivery of his magic performances in his book “Win The Crowd”Reading the book, ...
The guy you see above is Jonathon Harris, an artist and computer scientist. In his TED presentation, he shared about his passion of collecting stories around the world. Leveraging on technology, he was able to scan the world’s blogs to capture snapshots of the writer’s feelings, through pictures and words. In one of his project, ...
Photo credits to sharumpeThis week, I’m featuring another article from a dear fellow blogger and funny man, John KindeBut before you go on to reading his article, let me spoil it for you by telling you why I liked this one.When we think of humor in speeches or presentations, we think of SAYING somehing funny. ...
Photo credits to Slimmer JimmerLet’s set things straight. There is absolutely NO way you can learn how to swim or cook from just reading a book or attending a seminar unless you are a genius. Yes? And there’s a reason why there are still a gazillion number of people who are not rich in spite ...
A couple of days ago, I raved about having a female winner for the International Speech Contest held by Toastmasters International. This competition is akin to the Olympics of public speaking. Anyhow, one of the readers (Simon from UK) commented that “a Toastmasters competition is not the best way to measure skills as a public ...
Photo credits to brenno64When there’s a storm, the grass bends over and lives to see another day. The oak tree that stands upright and unyielding will eventually be uprooted.The same goes …
Two weeks ago, I wrote an article that raised some eye brow among the readers here. I brought in Hillary Clinton, Helen Fisher and Patricia Fripp as examples of how women are scoring in the public speaking arena. You can read all about it here. (Are Women Any Less Capable Than Male Public Speakers?)A strange ...
Picture by SiFu Renka“>Lisa Braithwaite is the author of “Speak Schmeak”, another Public Speaking Blog featured on
Do you know that there are a total of 418 articles written for The Public Speaking Blog since March 2006? Each article contains about an average of 10 insider strategies to help you become more confident and charismatic speakers. And if you were crazy enough to read EVERYTHING here, you would have gained access to ...
Photo credits goes to Paul WatsonAren’t you curious about how to take the guesswork of public speaking?Aren’t you dying to find out that ONE lesson top speakers learn that made all the difference?Aren’t you intrigued by how some amateur speakers could wow the crowd by applying that one tip-bit?I did.And lucky for you, I took ...
Today we’re going to talk about something a little more unusual!No, we won’t be talking about crop circles. However, we are going to talk about a phenomenon that is just as rar …
Photo credits goes to Angela RadulescuToday we’re going to talk about something a little more unusual… and potentially more controversial!No, we won’t be talking about crop circles. However, we are going to talk about a phenomenon that is just as rare but also just as impressive, and most definitely not a hoax: Female speakers.Many top ...
Always wondered how these people can get up there and be absolutely in control. Even when things screw up, you never knew it happened until a week has passed?As an emcee myself, I must say …
The average attention span of a literate adult is 20 minutes. Good, you think to yourself. 20 minutes is plenty of time.But how many speeches have you sat through where you fell asleep within the first two minutes? And how afraid are you that people are going to do the same for yours?It seems terribly ...
You step onto the stage. Your audience stares back at you – a sea of unknown faces. If you’re lucky, they’ll be receptive. If you’re not, they’ll be bored.And if it’s just not your day, th …
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