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.

Fear Of Public Speaking

Learn to live your life without the pressures of fear, anxiety or phobia. Uncover articles and information that will help your conquer your fears and phobias for good. Whether you have a phobia or know someone close to you that maybe anxious or fearful then this article is sure to be of interest to you.

How to Make Money Speaking

Public speaking can be a rewarding and lucrative career. Learn how to take what you already know and turn it into a marketable topic.

VIP and Celebrity Speakers

Checklist for Corporate Event Planners. Everything you need to know about booking and making arrangements for VIP and celebrity speakers.

Communicating With Speeches and Presentations

Presentation and speaking savvy is one of the most critical communication skills needed to move up in today's business environment. Effective and successful business leaders are comfortable with public specking and in delivering presentations. This article explains the importance of speaking and presenting and provides some practical tips to elevate these skills.

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.

Winning Your Speech at the Starting Line

A speech should begin with a powerful opening which connects you to the audience.

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: 7 Tips to Make Public Speaking Easier

Did you know that most people would rather die that speak in public? This article offers 7 tips to become relaxed and at ease with public speaking.

Presentation Fear -- Eight Ways to Cope With and Overcome It

It has been said for years that when a survey asked people what their greatest fears were, the fear of speaking before a group ranked #1 -- even ahead of death. I don’t have the actual facts on the survey, but I do know that the majority of people who are asked to present experience a great deal of anxiety. In this article, I suggest ways to cope with the fear and anxiety that often accompany giving a presentation.

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.

The Effective Emcee -- Five Tips for Success

Once you are known as someone who handles him or herself well in front of a group, you will be asked to lead a meeting and/or introduce the speakers. As the emcee, you will want to not only present those on the program professionally, you will want to orchestrate the occasion in an exemplary fashion. In the following article, I share five tips that will guarantee your success as an emcee.

How to Develop a Dynamic Story

Story telling is a very effective way to get your point across. Here are some tips to help you develop a dynamic powerful story.

Fear of Public Speaking: How To Get Over It

A fear of public speaking is something that many people face and is one that can be very hard to shake. Practice can help you get rid of this fear but what if you’re too scared to even try?

Storytelling Audience Participation Adds Pizzazz

There are many forms of storytelling audience participation from the subtle interaction between teller and listeners to the many out-and-out call and response between teller and audience members. In this article, I address the why, what, how, when, where, and who.

Speakers - How to Get Booked!

A handful of tips to help position yourself within the speaking arena and get those speaking engagements!