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Hear ye! Hear ye! Andrew and I have been invited again to the local radio station (938LIVE) for another live interview with Melanie Oliveiro. She is the anchor of F-CUBE: Food, Fun & Feel Good, a lifestyle oriented radio show that is highly popular with Singaporeans, young and old. We have yet to get the ...
Ok I lie. There isn’t one. Or at least no one has outwardly claim to have the formula, not even the past winners of the Toastmasters’ International Speech Contest. However, many speakers have sought to find that elusive formula by reviewing the past speeches of the champions. As it turns out, it all boils down ...
Ever face with the insurmoutable task of delivering a speech off the cuff?I just came across a four-step formula created by Richard C. Borden that will teach you how to craft a powerful speech on the fly. To speakers who suck at speaking off the cuff, you will find this post God-sent.Here goes.Borden recommends that ...
On Friday, 11 January 2008, 5.15pm SG Time, 42 people embarked on an impossible task of producing an e-book for the first time. What took others months or years, they took a mere 24 hours to make it happen! Not only did they produce the book (Pick Me Up Book) within a day, they also ...
If there is one topic that I am totally clueless about, it is politics. Yet when I was watching Barrack Obama’s victory speech after the Iowa caucuses, I swear I became smarter. The message is simple (”Yes, we can!”) yet powerful. The writing is direct yet poetic. The delivery is forceful yet friendly. Though we ...
As promised, here are the pictures taken on our BIG day! For those of you who came for our party, THANK YOU! For those of you who did not, THANK YOU TOO! If not for you, the book won’t be even be written… Enjoy! To download the pictures, click here.Share This
It’s really late here in Singapore. About 2am. So let me get this post out real quick before I go to bed. It’s really important you read this. Tell you why later.Seth Godin, the guy behind many top-notch marketing books recently made an observation…Turns out that for the last twenty-seven years, every single movie that ...
A blogger friend of mine, Andrew Dlugan has done all of you a really BIG favor. He took the plunge into the public speaking blogosphere and fished out 70 public speaking blogs that you can learn from. When I first saw the list - like a minute ago - I was ecstatic! There are over ...
Many months ago (in July) I wrote an article that was picked up by Digg.com and was subsequently viewed by 10,000 people within 24 hours. I suspect that the title played a significant part in the hype. Interestingly, after this post, I began to receive email requests from friends and readers alike, asking me to ...
Inspired by Copyblogger, I have decided to do a round-up of this year’s best received posts with a little running commentary of what is notable for each month. This would also be an excellent opportunity for you to do some catching up or revisit some of your favorite posts of the year.So come walk with ...
One of the common headaches that speakers face is not knowing what to say. They know that their speech has to have solid content and high speech value. They know that their speech has to be engaging and entertaining. But HOW exactly do you come up with killer content without having to break any sweat.The ...
With the holidays around the corner (New Year Day & Chinese New Year), the timing is simply perfect for me to share with you this quick tip that is short yet powerful. Before I reveal it to you, let me first set up the context.One of the most powerful ways a speaker can connect with ...
Ans: Get yourself MANY FAQ books of course!Here’s wishing you a Merry X’mas and may you become a fanta-bulous speaker in the coming year 2008. Special message from Your Public Speaking Coach: Share This
After nine months of waiting, we were told by our doctor a.k.a The Publisher that our baby will be due on 21st Dec 2007 at 5pm sharp. You should see the excitement and anticipation on our faces as we waited impatiently for the delivery of our baby. And when she finally arrived in our hands, ...
Spectacular presenting is not an accident. It’s not just going to happen any more than you can pick up a guitar and play it from first strum. Just like an instrument, our speaking and presenting can get out of tune if we do not continue to learn and apply.I’ll have to admit that two things ...
I get this question a lot from my clients, my readers and even my mum - how do you clock stage time even if you don’t get to do presentations everyday? But before I share with you how, let me explain what stage time is to the newly initiated.Stage time - in my definition - ...
This outrageously informative article was written by John Kinde, a household name in The Public Speaking Blog. Some of the tips he shared (like colour-coding your speech or using punch words even for non-funny lines) are new to me and I am definitely going to try them out. A must read for anyone who wants ...
First of all, don’t tell jokes.Here’s why.Jokes are stale and overused. When you tell a joke, there is a 87.3% chance that one of your audience have heard it.In fact, one time when I attended the Division Humorous Contest at Sri Lanka, two of the contestants told the same joke! It was embarassing for both ...
A month back, Andrew and I was invited to The Living Room (one of the more popular radio programs in Singapore) to share about our soon to be released book “The FAQ Book on Public Speaking”.We had so much fun bantering with Stanley that the segment was extended from 15 minutes to 30 minutes, with ...
Every once in a while, I will chance upon a speech that will knock the socks off me. Below is one such speech… delivered by Scott Ginsberg during his closing address for the annual N …
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