Speaking with Value: Put your Money Where Your Audience Is

You can confuse your listener and confound your message by using complicated vocabulary words. Learn to match your vocabulary to your audience.

Speak To Be Heard - Make Your Public Speaking Effective

When you have to do a presentation or announcement - do you dread it? Worse, does your audience dread it? Learn some simple steps to improve your public presentations so that what you say will be truly heard. Find out how to engage your audience so you communicate your message.

Charismatic Communication: Story Telling-The Way to Gain a Greater Share of Heart

If you want your audience to act on what you say during a public speaking engagement, then inviting your listeners to experience your content from an emotional perspective can help make it happen. This is where the ability to tell vivid stories can make you shine as a public speaker.

Top 10 Do Nots When Working With Meeting Planners

Don't Be Demanding - Remember planners are only going to book speakers who they like, this is pretty basic but true, if you’re too demanding and they don’t like you or they don’t feel there’s a connection they won’t hire you.

How To Use Movies To Reinforce Your Presentation Points Without Getting A License to Show The Clips

You are planning to conduct a workshop on communication and leadership for a group of middle managers. You just finished watching a great movie “Lord of the Rings” and you recall real gems that you could share. You view the movie again and locate the gripping scenes you want to show from the DVD to illustrate your points. Then ...

Engineering Graduates - 3 Tips For The Mba Group Discussion For The Indian Institute's Of Management

Engineers are among the favoured lot among management institutes. Clearing the written test would have been a breeze, however, communications skills are important at this stage as you will be competing against fellow engineers as well. So you are at par with others unless you can boast of strong communication skills. Here are 3 tips for engineers for preparing for a Group discussion.

Public Speaking: 5 Reminders for Powerful Presentations

The difference in a powerful and pitiful presentation is usually a few essential basics. The following five reminders must be part of every speech.

15 Fatal Flaws Inexperienced Speakers Make: Avoid These Platform Gaffes And Present Like A Pro

If you are a less experienced speaker than you'd like to be, you probably make some errors on the platform that could be easily fixed. If you just knew what they are!! Here are the 15 most common speaking mistakes made by people who are new to speaking. Once you know these, your confidence and effectiveness as a speaker will multiply many fold.

Playing the Mental Game of Self-Coaching: For Anyone Who Presents

Do you usually perform well and learn from your speaking experiences or are you your own worst enemy on and off the platform? Do you use one of the most powerful tools in the peak-performing speaker’s armamentarium, self-coaching? This article reveals 5 secrets pro speakers use to improve and 3 crucial steps to putting these strategies into immediate action.

How To Eliminate Speaking Jitters: Eight Sure-Fire Strategies To Help You Be More Natural

Do you avoid giving speeches because the stress drives you up the wall? Do you give speeches, but hate every minute of it? Do you speak well, yet are held back from reaching your potential from the fear and self-doubt you experience? There is help for anyone who suffers from stage fright. Here are a few of my favorite stress-stopping techniques for speakers.

Public Speaking Credibility

Who and what you are is important. If the audience perceives a conflict between what you say and what you do they'll tune you out. If you speak on goals, then you must be a goal setter. If you speak on change, you need to exhibit flexibility.

5 Tips To Use For Success In The Group Discussion/Interview At Management Institutes Like The IIM's

5 tips on effective communication strategies for preparation for the IIM Group Discussion.

Professional Speaking – Getting Started

It’s natural to start thinking about getting paid to speak once you have a few successful engagements under your belt. But how do you get started? Here is a fast and easy way to move from free to fee in the arena of public speaking.

The Power of the Mind: Reduce Your Fear of Public Speaking

Learn how to use the power of your mind to change the way you feel about public speaking. The mind is a powerful tool that can be retrained to reduce your public speaking fear and anxiety.

Do a Risky Opening or Closing Today or Hate Yourself Tomorrow!

Are you tired of using your same old opening and closing for your talk but afraid to try something different? Learn seven guidelines for taking the risk to do an opening or closing that will grab the attention of your audience.