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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 ...
Finding quality content on public speaking is like finding a needle in a haystack. It’s almost an impossible task! Try searching for “public speaking” in google and you will be overwhelmed with over 64 million websites and bear in mind that the first five websites may not be necessarily what you are looking for. It’s ...
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 ...
This entry is the second installlation to a seven part series that answers to some of your most frequently asked questions below:How do I interest, impact and impress the audience?Can you share with me how I can influence my audience?How do you make sure that your audience listens intently to you?What suggestions can you give ...
Here’s my top five recommendations for this week.Conquering Your Fear of Public SpeakingSteve Tobak, tech executive and blogger at CNET, has a few words of advice to help anyone facing down a crowd get into the right frame of mind. To avoid feeling isolated and on-the-spot, for example, interact with your audience:Draw them into your ...
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 ...
To my American readers, how was your Thanksgiving weekend? Bet you are having turkey sandwiches for lunch right now! The last time I had the opportunity to celebrate Thanksgiving was in late 2005 when I was studying in States. And I love it. I mean what’s not to love anyway. Just check out how sumptous-licious ...
To speak like a champion, you have to first observe and learn from champions. Here’s one guy you can learn a lot from. He is David Brooks, World Champion of Public Speaking for 1990. Click on the link below to read the exclusive interview conducted by Steve Pavlina, an A-list blogger known for his insightful ...
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 ...
Just got back from a homecoming party organized by the NUS Overseas College. As usual, there were a lot of presentations being made by the returning batches and I could not help but to evaluate them. Yes, it’s an occupational hazard… forgive me.This was a 10 mins presentation where the speaker shares about what his ...
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 ...
A loyal visitor of The Public Speaking Blog and a downright funny speaker, Darren Fleming recently competed in the Table Topics Competition Finals organized by Toastmasters International. The table topics contest runs this way - the contest chair will announce the topic and you will give a 3 minutes speech in response to that topic ...
After 3 years of working with entrepreneurs and executives on their business presentations and being on the receiving end of nearly 10,000 speeches and presentations, it doesn’t really take a genius to spot the bad habits of speakers. However, I recently discover that if you spend time just working on overcoming your bad habits, you ...
I do now, and I want to share their secret with you because this could effectively turn the table around and made you as good - if not better - than them.Here goes.Top speakers and leaders write daily. Some of them write on their moleskin journal book which they carry with them everywhere they go. ...
Here’s my top five recommendations for this week.234 Things I’ve Learned about Writing, Delivering and Marketing SpeechesScott is my latest stalker victim. I visit his blog every day and I have read (almost) everything that he has written. Why you may ask? Because his stuff works. He has written quite a number of books on ...
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 ...
“Helps You Alleviate Your Fears And Become A Successful Public Speaker”Public Speaking is one of the most lucrative careers out there. The opportunity cost for not confronting your fear of public speaking is too great to be ignored. Fortunately, my good friends Eric Feng and Andrew Zhan have put on their thinking caps, superhero capes ...
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 ...
Audience always comes first, ask yourself “How can they benefit from listening to me?”Remember, it’s never about you!Stage time, Stage time, Stage time.Humor is greatly appreciated by your audience. Have you ever hear someone complain “This guy is way too funny!”?Never try to wing a speech - your audience will know it.Most people seek validation ...
Hello! It has been a while since I blogged on The Public Speaking Blog. My excuse this time - Chinese New Year! It’s a week long of spring cleaning, shopping for clothes, decorating the house, baking new year goodies and more. And then today is the eve of Chinese New Year where we just had ...
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