Kick The Fear of Public Speaking

Kick The Fear of Public Speaking

Presentation Skills, Public Speaking

“I was always run by fear, so it wasn’t surprising that for years I hung onto many things in my life that were not working for me.”                                                                                                   Susan Jeffers PhD. Speaker &...
Stories Biff Up Presentation Skills

Stories Biff Up Presentation Skills

Presentation Skills

Bam! Pow! Sok!  Attention Everyone! Stories biff up your presentation skills! As a presenter, if you have not included stories then you and the people sitting in your audience have been missing out, big time.  The reasons for adding stories are endless. Stories add...
Emcee Performance: Pulverize or Praise

Emcee Performance: Pulverize or Praise

Presentation Skills

“You’re out!” shouts Simon at the contestants. They choke back the tears and move off the stage.” It’s the latest craze in reality TV: The Exceptional Emcee. You walk on as the next contestant, face to face with entrepreneur and personality extraordinaire Simon...
Speech Openings! Whack ‘Em for Success

Speech Openings! Whack ‘Em for Success

Public Speaking

Strike one! When you stand up to speak and you miss connecting with your audience right off the bat, that is strike one. You need to get in and whack ‘em with your opening! Get their interest and keep it from start to finish. If you can’t connect at the beginning and...
Speaking Strategies and The ‘it’ Factor!

Speaking Strategies and The ‘it’ Factor!

Public Speaking

Some people have it. Some people don’t. Speaking strategies and the elusive ‘it’ factor! The ‘it’ factor refers to that indefinable something that makes you special, that sets you apart from the rest of the crowd. As a speaker, this might be the way you move or how...