Almost everyone feels a bit nervous about delivering a presentation before a group. It seems that some people would rather undergo a root canal than experience the anxiety of giving a speech. They must have a really good dentist! If you can follow some basic guidelines for preparation and delivery, you can transform your nervousness into…
People have praised and respected over the centuries those who could speak well in front of a crowd. The audience is oftentimes left in awe at how these leaders express themselves well and eventually convinced them a great deal. Knowing how to speak well before a crowd is the best drawer of attention to a…
If you are in customer service in any capacity, you can benefit from learning to develop or enhance your speaking skills. If you are an employer, your business might benefit from allowing/encouraging your staff to attend weekly meetings where they will have the opportunity to learn and practice some of the following: how to organize…
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…
This is a question that I have been considering over the past week as I began my studying with Mark Hendricks and the Ultimate Success Program. Mark’s goal is to help me (and everyone else) change my mindset from lack to prosperity. He had us begin by listing all the ways we have been successful…
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…
What Do You Fear? For some, spiders; for many, ghosts; others would say heights, but there are those who would admit that public speaking is their greatest fear. It is actually normal. Come to think of it, there is nothing more frightening than having to stand up and speak in front of a group of…
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…
Do you “feel the fear” when asked to do some Public Speaking? Public Speaking is still one of our greatest fears and it turns grown men and women into nervous wrecks. The mere thought of it turns our tongue to cotton wool, causes our internal plumbing to act up and turns our knees to…
WHEN YOU JOIN TOASTMASTERS Over the next few weeks I will be sharing with you 100 reasons to join Toastmasters. You may have heard the name before. You may have read some articles in the paper. You may have heard people talk about it. But you are still not sure if Toastmasters is for you….