Speaking in Public - How to Take it in Your Stride

There is a secret truth that will let you stand up confidently to speak in front of any audience. It is powerfully effective but so simple that most people will not believe it can work for them.

From Stage Fright to Speaking Ease

For the first time ever, I brushed off those butterflies in my stomach. I was not a performer trying to receive applause, approval or acceptance. I didn't have to be perfect. I delighted in being me.

Public Speaking: Know Your Audience

Preparation is as important to delivering a successful presentation as the presentation itself, and knowing your audience is key in presenting information that is the most relevant and engaging.

Charismatic Communication: Ten Tips on Increasing the Retention Rate of Your Speeches

Many speakers are unaware of how their words actually work to make their speeches unmemorable. This article reviews key actions a speaker can take to improve memory retention of their speeches.

5 Ways to Build Confidence in Public Speaking

Do you hate public speaking? I know I do. You can't sleep the night before, you get jittery, your stomach acts up and you generally feel miserable when you know you have to speak in public.

Create Impact With Your Speech or Presentation - Use Body Language to Support Your Image

What sort of image do you want to project when you are presenting? Who does the audience see? How will they remember you after this presentation? Are you professional, poised, articulate? Are you warm, folksy, creative, nurturing? Maybe you want to be seen as ballistic, confronting, no-nonsense, boot camp material. This is what the audience will remember of you and this image must work to add power to the impact of your presentation, not undermine it. Image and message must work together. Whatever you may be trying to achieve, don’t let the impact you create with your image be an accident. In this article, we look at how to make body language work towards creating that image.

Public Speaking--Ten Tips To Great Speeches

If you have had the opportunity to speak in public, you know how scary it can be! Proper preparation can help to take some of the fear out of public speaking endeavors. Read our ten tips to help with public speaking.

Speaking Up for Your Career Finances

Apart from the ability to boost your career finances, public speaking is also a source of self-actualisation and of building both confidence and self-esteem.

Presentation Dos and Don'ts

I just came back from a hosting assignment at Startup@Singapore Enterprise Launcher 2006. On the whole, I thought the event was a success. There was a good mix of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors and government agency representatives. Most of the talks were also informative. Unfortunately, I only found one of the talks (out of sixteen) to be entertaining… so you can imagine how challenging it was for me to stay awake throughout (especially with the heavy lunch and tea breaks in between)

Fear Of Public Speaking - You're Not Alone

How many times have you attended a public meeting where you did have something important to say, but your fear of speaking in public kept you silent? You are not alone in this regard because there are many people that have a great fear of public speaking. This is something that you do have to get used to. While you can easily voice your opinion when you are in a small group of people whom you know well, it is an entirely different situation when you are faced with speaking in front of a group of strangers.

3 Essentials in Planning a Craft Presentation

Sharing your passion with others can be both exciting and daunting. It gives you the chance to interest and educate your audience - but only if you're prepared. Take time out to plan what you'll do and say, as much as what you'll take, and you'll soon be giving talks no-one will want to miss.

Reveal Your True Essence

The door-to-door salesman button-holes me in the real estate office I work out of in Los Angeles. He is selling a record, a vinyl LP record. It is the most successful personal motivation record ever made.

Have Bulldog Tenacity

It starts innocently. I have no idea the turn it’s to take. Having made the journey, I yearn to tell you the bare-knuckle truth about propelling your speaking career, as Zig wrote and Nido discussed, from survival to success to significance. The light bulb flashes: Go to the spring, to the root, to the source. Go to the fundament.

Eliminating Speaker Jitters

Tips on how to eliminate speaker jitters

Motivational Speakers - Creating a Vehicle for Dreams

Motivation is the fuel that feeds our dreams and drives us to succeed, and the right motivational speaker can change your next training event from an arbitrary collection of dos and don’ts to a pit stop that will breathe new life into your business.