Search results for "public speaking"

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  The Small Changes to Your Speech That Will Have a Big Effect

  So if you have read Jim’s earlier piece on how to become a more charismatic speaker, you will know what you are...

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  The Relationship Between Incontinence, Credibility, Trust and Value

  Yes. You read it right. Here’s the back story. Whenever I’m a guest lecturer or conducting training, I’ll frequently start out with...

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  What Should I Do With My Hands?

  Many people will naturally feel uncomfortable when speaking in public, with all eyes upon them. But while we may be concentrating hard...

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  Stage Fright – and How to Overcome It

  If anything ever illustrated perfectly the profound fear that many have of speaking in public, then it is this short video by educator Mikael Cho...

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  How to “Prop Up” your Next Presentation

  What is a prop? The word “prop” comes from the term “theatrical property”. If you watch a play, props are objects used...

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  Why Webinars are Great and How to Design Them Effectively

  More and more presentations these days are given via webinar instead of with a live audience in the same room as the...

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  Spice Up Your Speeches with These 3 Rhetorical Devices

  Many of the greatest speeches in history have influenced their audience on an almost subliminal level. John Zimmer has written about Rhetoric...

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  What can Business Presenters Learn from the Best Street Entertainers in the World?

  There’s a 36 year old guy, married with a mortgage and 3 kids. He stands on a cobbled street in London, asking tourists for...

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  Barack Obama’s Final Speech: Five Valuable Lessons for Communicators

  “When big, serious, thoughtful things must be said, then big, serious, thoughtful speeches must be given. Barack Obama gave a big, thoughtful speech...

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  Authenticity

  4 Ways to Win Over Every Audience

  Many of our writers have spoken about the different techniques of engaging audiences from the beginning of a speech, but how does one...

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  The Most Important Thing That Trumps All When Presenting

  Status trumps everything when you’re speaking to a crowd? How can that be true? Does status trump the story? The preparation? The visuals?...

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  Storytelling

  How To Become More Deeply Connected and Widely Quoted

  We recently wrote about the Ladder of Abstraction, where combining big picture messages with granular details is the key to delivering a powerful...