Public Speaking Skills

Most of us, at one time or another, were exposed to public speaking through our education. It may have been a college course, or even a high school class. Perhaps the entire semester was comprised of a series of speeches, or perhaps only a single speech was required in a wider communications class.

Effectively Delivering Your Message

Whether you're preaching a sermon, trying to sell something or wanting to nail down that presentation, delivery is everything. The best way to successfully deliver any message is to keep it fresh, keep it short, keep it simple and keep it fun.

Keynote Speaker - Determining A Speaker's Worth

When you are looking to hire a keynote speaker for your meeting how do you determine what that speaker is worth? Here are some guidelines that will help you make that determination.

Structure Your Speech for Maximum Impact

To create an impact with your speech or presentation, the audience has to 'get' the message. That means they have to be able to hear it and to understand it. And to do that, first they must listen. So the very first step in this whole process is to gain their attention and then keep it, so that they listen, hear what you say, understand it, and then they can be influenced by it... which is, after all, the essence of impact. There are several strategies to keep attention and the one we’re looking at here is designing the structure of your speech.

Presentation Skills -- The T's of Technology Talks

When giving Technology Talks, I realize that even though the basics of powerful presentation skills should be used, this type of presentation offers many different challenges to the speaker. In this article, I examine the various Ts -- some helpful and necessary; some to be overcome and/or avoided.

How to Use Public Speaking to Promote Your Business Without Cost

There is a way to supercharge the word of mouth process by getting a lot more people experiencing your service or product at one time and it involves public speaking.

Public Speaking and Executive Women: Getting Past The Venus Myth and Why Business Women Need To

Are Female Executives facing special obstacles when it comes to Public Speaking? Are all those seminars aimed at teaching professional women to communicate really worth it? Communications Coach Aileen Pincus says its one myth women executives need to get over.

How Public Speaking Can Help You Dramatically Increase Your Business

Speaking to groups gives you the opportunity to reach out and touch potential clients who might otherwise never cross your path and for you to get them into your marketing funnel so that they can begin to get to know, like and respect you and will ultimately buy from you. Here are ten steps to help you begin your public speakingcareer so that you can dramatically increase your business.

Five Presentation Techniques Not to Use as a Speaker

I hope you will learn some good presentation techniques by my pointing out what NOT to do when presenting. Remember the following are techniques to AVOID.

Developing Original Humor for Your Talk

Most humor in the real-world setting is unplanned. It just happens. Learn three key principles for finding and creating original humor.

Improv Comedy for Speakers

Learn how to use fundamental ideas from Improvisational Comedy to be a better, more engaging, more confident, and more dymanic speaker.

Magnify Your Humor Punchlines

The key is in the delivery. It's what you do that adds punch to your humor.

Boring Presentations -- Six Ways to Avoid Giving Them

Having recently attended an Information Technology (IT) trade show featuring IT seminars, I was struck by how boring the presentations were. As I looked around the room, I saw people with glazed looks and others falling asleep. It was a shame, because the presenters were obviously knowledgeable and spoke on interesting and timely topics. Even though the presenters were not professional speakers, how could they have avoided being boring?

Your Everyday Presentations -- How to Add Pizzazz

We spend an inordinate amount of time and effort preparing for a scheduled speech and/or meeting, but we often don’t consider the importance of daily relationship building through presentations. In this article, I discuss the many ways we can add pizzazz to our everyday interactions with others.

Public Speaking - The Art of Speech Making

How do you speak naturally while all those people are watching you? This document covers hints and tips on public speaking, dealing with anxiety, public speaking skills and techniques, and public speaking training.