Every Public Speaker Needs to Build Resilience    If you are thinking about a career in public speaking know that âEvery public speaker needs to build resilienceâ. No exception!  When youâre speaking or delivering a presentation, itâs your resilience thatâs your...
Every book on public speaking mentions it. Every trainer and coach in public speaking will tell you. As a speaker, regardless of your topic, you need to get to know your audience. And we do that by asking questions. It is one of the major keys to speaking success....
If you're a speaker, you're a presenter of any kind, I'm sure that you've had your share of evaluation or feedback forms. Some forms are written in such a way that theyâre very helpful, asking questions that provide opportunity for change, and growth on the part of...
Recently I interviewed entrepreneur, Iman Aghay, who is a firm believer in the power of storytelling. When I asked him how he manages to leave such a lasting impression with his audiences, he said, âI tell a lot of storiesâ. He went on to say, âThe way people know...
When the seminar leader shouted out, âYou need to build confidence in youâ to all of us seated in the seminar room, I knew instinctively, he was talking to me.Why Did I Need to Build Confidence? I was one of those people who would turn around a corner at work and take...
We are all born with potential to reach heights that we may only dream of: potential to do, to achieve, to make a difference. Too often these dreams just fade away into the reality of lifeâs demands. But does it have to be this way? Recently I did a zoom interview...
Have you ever felt youâve been taken advantage of at work, by your boss, by your co-workers and colleagues? You want to say âNoâ but just canât bring yourself to say it. After all they say such wonderful things about you. - Youâre such fun to work with âŠ- You are so...
I was reading a story about when Oprah was a small child. She was watching her grandmother boil clothes âin a big cast-iron pot in the yard.â Then, her grandmother would pull the steaming clothes out of the pot and hang them on the clothes line to dry. Oprah remembers...
âDitch the Elevator Pitchâ. In her May, 2012 article in Forbes, Jacquelyn Smith staff writer says, â⊠ditch the pitch⊠It basically describes what sales people used to do â throw information at prospects hoping to sell a service  or product before the buyer could hang...
Distractions! They are everywhere, and can drive us on the road to exasperation, especially when we are sitting in the audience and find that we seriously have to work at tuning both ears to what the speaker is saying. All too often, something quite unrelated comes in...
After filling out the application form, then holding my breath through the lengthy interview, I received the call. I had been chosen as one of the two impact speakers for the United Way Lower Mainland fund raising campaign. What could be better than this? Going into...
Speaking notes are an important tool when making a speech or presentation; they organize the flow of the topic, keep you on track and serve as cheat sheets for salient points such as statistics. But what to do with those cumbersome notes? Whether you are a newly...