Fifty Basic Quick Tips for Speakers Do both you and your audience dread every time you make a speech? Are speeches an awful chore that you avoid like a plague? Do your speeches evoke yawns rather than enthusiasm? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be in trouble. What is the…
Five Tips for Commencement Speeches Toastmasters International offers advice to graduation speakers Toastmasters International, which has helped millions of men and women learn to speak with confidence and poise in front of audiences, offers five pointers for a great commencement speech: Keep it Brief. Limit the speech to a maximum of 20 minutes. Both the…
Have you ever given a speech that ran over time? Deadly Sin #4: Gluttony by Andrew Dlugan sixminutes.dlugan.com Gluttony is exhibited by speakers who believe that more is always better. More slides, more bullets, more examples, more facts, more numbers, more details, more words — more of everything. Packing all possible material into your presentation…
Tips from Andrew Dlugan – http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/ “Please don’t picture the audience naked, especially if I am in your audience.” The lustful speaker attempts to calm their nerves by applying the common (yet terrible) advice to picture the audience naked! Please don’t picture the audience naked, especially if I am in your audience. In theory, picturing…
Public Speaking – 7 Types of Humor You Can Use In public speaking, the ability to use humor is an important skill to possess whatever your natural ability is. Most people like to smile, to laugh, or to enjoy a listening experience. Humor adds sparkle and interest to a speech. Humor when used should be…