Stretching Yourself I am once again participating in a Stretch Yourself Challenge – Kelly McCausey’s 14th one. This caused me to take a look at my blog posts, my websites and I found that this one was really out of date and also had some major problems. So I called my tech support – my…
Trends to Avoid When Speaking/Presenting One of the trends these days is to give a quote without verifying either the source or the validity of the quote. In the modern age of media, memes, quotes, and opinions get passed along at lightning speed. Which has both a positive and a negative side. The ability to…
Simple Speaking Mistakes Do you believe that mistakes are bad or a learning experience? I like to believe that a mistake can show me where I need to improve in some way. Over the years I have made MANY mistakes while raising my 4 children, while working, and in my relationships. Each time I learned something….
Speaking out…. If you have been speaking, what have you been speaking out about? Or have you even been speaking lately? When was the last time you gave a speech? What was it about? Were you giving a presentation at work? Did you give a speech at a club you belong to? How did it…
Newest World Champion Public Speaker – Verity Price From Forbes: “If your life is not going the way you want, you need to write a different story,” is the advice of Verity Price, the newly crowned public speaking world champion. With an inspiring speech titled, “A Great Read,” Verity Price, a 46-year-old professional speaker and facilitator…
How to Craft the Ideal Elevator Speech Although our countries have been closed down over the past year and a bit, we are still networking through Zoom and other online options. This gives us the opportunity to introduce ourselves using our practiced elevator speech. Networking is one of the key tools that can make the…
Better Conversations are possible Most of us spend time each day surrounded by friends, colleagues, strangers and loved ones, whether that’s on our daily commute, sitting in the park, at home, at work, or visiting the supermarket. Yet many of us have a self-imposed feeling of isolation. We might say a quick “Hello” but don’t bother…
Boring Small Talk or Deep Conversations? Tim Denning says: Meaningful conversations can lead to bizarre opportunities. Most people begin with “How are you?” Tim says that “How are you? is a throwaway line we’re taught to say at a young age, so we can appear to be polite.” Tim goes on to say: The best…
Curating Content Recently I have been participating in a Curating Content course and have learned lots of ways to curate content. I have been practicing and so you may have noticed a number of different articles in my posts recently. Now I would like to share some information from 4 or 5 of my friends…
Lance Miller shares some tips on picking a speech topic in his YouTube Video. Lance Miller, a Toastmaster from Glendale, California, emerged victorious and claimed the title of 2005 World Champion of Public Speaking. Since that time he has been sharing tips to help others on their speaking journey. On his website LanceMillerSpeaks.com you will…