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Most of you don’t know this but The Public Speaking Blog is not my first blog. I used to write at a personal development blog titled “Life is too exciting to be bored” and then continued at blogspot with “Life is (still) too exciting to be bored”. It has a mix of personal rants and ...
Recently, I have been fascinated by the science of persuasion. I suspect its the power that comes with it. Imagine this - you are SO persuasive that you get YOUR way every single time. Your boss gives you a promotion, third one in the quarter.Your customer offers you a $1,000,000 business deal with just one ...
“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 ...
I read an average of 25 blog entries, 2 ebooks and half a book every day. And I still think it is not enough. A good 50% of the content relates to public speaking, the other 50% relates to internet marketing, holistic living and branding. What about you? What do you read on a regular ...
“A Lot More Useful Content Than Most of the E-books I Read”The FAQ Book on Public Speaking actually has useful content, which is a lot more than can be said for most of the e-books I read. …
The truth is people are too nice to tell you that you are a boring speaker. So the only way to find out is by observing your audience. If you find pockets of people missing from time to time during your presentation or they are a tad too excited when you say you are concluding, ...
“As If You’ve Got A Personal Speaking Coach Seated Right Next To You, Guiding You On How To Become A Better Public Speaker!”Its conversational and user-friendly presentation makes it feel as if you’ve got a personal speaking coach seated right next to you, guiding you on how to become a better public speaker! This book’s ...
Blogger friend of mine, Alvin Soon, wrote a post some time back on how to give a good compliment. Though this article was written in the context of building self esteem and creating a friendlier society, I think it applies to speaking too, specifically when YOU are been asked to evaluate a speech. Read on ...
Here’s Andrew, my partner-in-crime, celebrating the launch of our book - The FAQ Book on Public Speaking at ECI’s office-warming party on 11th Oct 2007 (Thursday). FYI, ECI stands for Executive Coach International and that’s where both of us were groomed. Judging from the smiling faces, I think Andrew once again charmed his audience.Check out ...
Stumbled onto a public speaking article written by Brian Kim this morning. According to Brian, his personal development blog is one of the top 5% most read. Impressive. What I really like about his article is his sincerity in wanting to share. The P.R.E.P framework he shared was also particularly useful, especially for those of ...
::: DON’T CLICK HERE :::This is the same slideshow that was featured on Slide Share a few days ago… how cool is that!Now, you will be asking… how will The FAQ Book on Public Speaking help me gain an unfair advantage over my peers and competitors?Here’s why.You have immediate access to over 500+ speaking tips, ...
Thanks to The FAQ Book on Public Speaking, I had the opportunity to go on air. This time, with Talking Toastmasters from Massachusetts, United States! (The last one was in Philadelphia)This is a great podcast to listen to IF you are dying for a laugh. We had so much fun bantering on air that sometimes ...
EF: All award winning speeches have one thing in common - a strong foundation which includes a clear structure, solid content and natural delivery. So if you want to develop a winning speech, start from the basics! Let’s see what Patricia Fripp has to say about speech …
Want to know how to be funny on stage without sounding lame or looking silly?Ok that was a silly question. Of course you do.The ability to make your audience laugh at will is a highly coveted skill that can make you very popular among your audience. The fact that humor has been ranked the “third ...
Friends have been curious about what I do during the weekend in Sri Lanka. The truth is I don’t do much which invited a lot of disbelief. So yesterday (Sat), I decided to bring my old dingy camera along with me to snap some pictures in between spa and drinks. Unfortunately - or fortunately depending ...
My friend Scott Ginsberg or infamously known as The Nametag Guy, claims that lists make people happy. Is that right? He added that at the speed we are going (now, hyperspeed), people don’t even read anymore. They scan.If that’s the case, then I suppose most of you just read my sub-headers? (grins)Anyway, I decided to ...
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Most people commented that it was a very noble thing of me to generously share speaking tips at The Public Speaking Blog. However some think that I am foolish to do that since I could have make money out of it.I wish I can be self righteous and tell you that I don’t mind because ...
Copywriting isn’t that different from speaking. Both have similar intentions - to persuade and move people into action. So when I chanced upon a great article by Copyblogger, I cannot help but share it with you. Although it was written in the context of copywriting, I believe that the techniques can be used for speaking ...
As I was surfing the web the other day, I chanced upon a video of Randy Pausch’s inspiring yet bitter-sweet public lecture (on 18th Sept 2007). He’s a Carnegie Mellon computer professor (and founder of Virtual Reality) who was diagnosed with an incurable pancreatic cancer. This was probably his last public speech as the doctors ...
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