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“It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward!” - Rocky BalboaI have never watched a single Rocky movie even though my room mate and dad are huge fans. However after Monday’s presentation by this phenomenal ...
It has been a while since I was moved to tears by a presentation. Today was one such evening. The speaker is Chatri Trisiripisal, a self-made multi-millionaire who has undergone tremendous adversity before enjoying his current status. (Achievements at a glance: chairman of a $400m global investment firm, Harvard MBA, assistant instructor of a martial ...
This is the first installment of articles contributed by my fellow Public Speaking Blogger, Gary Guwe. Former President of the NUS Toastmasters Club, Gary also does extensive research on the area of Body Language. Visit his blog
Now if you’re still not convinced that one of today’s aggressive forms of marketing comes in the form of Storytelling…you haven’t been paying even the slightest bit of attention to your surroundings.In Part 1, I introduced one of the biggest Fast Food icons who used such a strategy, KFC. Turns out that many other corporate ...
This morning, I was interviewed by the President of Oporto Toastmasters in Portugal. He asked me a fairly interesting question that made me realize why some speakers are so good, while oth …
Eric in action (speech coaching)If you have been a frequent visitor of The Public Speaking Blog, you will realize that I seldom do promotions or get you to buy anything unless it serves a purpose i.e. the product helps you become a better speaker in the shortest amount of time. Today is such a occasion.I ...
There is a astronomical number of public speaking resources out there on the web and it is almost impossible to read every one of them. Agree? What if there is someone who compiles all the quality entries and update them at a period you request (say 10 mins?). Doesn’t that mean that you have the ...
I listened to an mp3 interview with Paul Endress, a communication expert and found of his techniques extremely interesting and thought of sharing it with you !If some of you find his name familiar, that’s because he wrote an article on persuasion on the May 2008 edition of the International Toastmasters Magazine and the inerview ...
Woo-hoo!Finally got to sit down and WRITE. I apologise if you’ve felt uncomfortable due to the awkward silence. I’ll try my best to ensure that it never happens again. I will never leave you !This time, we’re going CORPORATE. Did you know that stories are THAT powerful? Its use can be extended even in our ...
I was casually browsing through some blogs when I stumbled upon a new article titled “25 Ways To Help A Fellow Human Being Today” at Zen Habits. And then a couple of hours later at a coaching program, “compassion” became the word of the day. I took that as a hint to write an article ...
It has been a crazy two weeks for me which explains the awkward silence in The Public Speaking Blog. However I will like to assure you that I am still alive (thankfully!) and I have installed a couple of interesting entries for next week. Meanwhile, let me share with you a recent article sent to ...
TO ALL MOTHERS WHO ARE READING THIS: HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!! *HUGZ*If you have not wish your mum a happy mothers’ day, please do so right now. No no, this entry can wait. Go on.. wish her. Make sure you give her a big hug and tell her how much you love her. In fact, you ...
Have you experienced the weird atmosphere which comes after a funny story you’ve cracked fell flat on the target audience?Or, do you have the belief that you are, simply, not funny at all? …
After one week plus of dry spell, it is time to turn this blog up a few notches. And I shall start off by sharing with you a video taken by my friend Bo from Massachusetts, USA. Possibly one of the funniest table topic speech ever! For the newly initiated, table topic is a speech ...
Inspired by Andrew Dlugan’s recent post “Stop Rehearsing! 3 Critical Things to Do Before Your Speech“, I will like to add to his list 7 more things you can do before your speech to take the nervousness out of you.First, let’s do a quick recap of his three excellent pointers.1. Study the venue logistics2. Meet ...
“Would you have quitted drinking?”Yes, I know it is the weekend and I am NOT suppose to be blogging. Or at least that was my promise to my mum who thinks I work too hard. In my defense, blogging isn’t work… it’s something I enjoy doing, especially since I know I have an audience. YOU! ...
How do you attract positive attention and draw a sizeable crowd to you?This is a question I ask myself when I did my first book talk in KL. Unfortunately, I could not find any credible or relevant information that answers this burning question of mine. In times like this, I improvise. The good news is ...
I just got wind from my publisher that The FAQ Book on Public Speaking has hit Kinokuniya’s bestseller! (DO THE CHICKEN DANCE!) And we are very close for MPH and Borders. Not sure how many books we sold thus far but hey, bestseller at one of the top bookstores in Singapore… that should mean something ...
Pictures tell a thousand words but where do we get arresting images for our presentation slides? And for free?One site I will strongly recommend is stock.xchng but recently I have been using pictures from flickr. Seth Godin wrote an entry on it last week.If you need photos for a presentation or website or brochure, try ...
… there are some HR companies that will shuffle all the resumes for the week and then throw the first 50 in the trash can because they do not want to hire unlucky people?I shared this interesting quip with my students at Raffles Junior College the other day and that got their attention immediately. As ...
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