Learn Public Speaking Excellence
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to be naturally born speakers while others hover in the background hoping no one will call on them for their opinion? It is all about one word “self-confidence”. We are not born with it but develop it from early childhood. Our culture, environment, parental upbringing, personality, role models, and many more factors…
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Humour is the sugar in Presentations. I recently made an apple, parsnip soup. I decided the recipe called for too much sugar so I added none. My rational was that the parsnips and apples were sweet enough. That soup ended up in the garbage. One taste and the reaction was the soup was awful. If speakers use no humour in…
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Over the last twenty-eight years of coaching and training clients in Public Speaking, I have worked with six-year-olds up to ninety-six-year-olds. Public Speaking is a life long skill that everyone needs. We communicate to each other through our voice, body language and message. The way we speak based on the tonality of our voice, the words we choose and our…
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Have you ever watched a speaker give the same presentation at a different event? Maybe the speaker uses his speech repeatedly, adding more material and removing what seems dated. The difference between the first time a speech is presented to a repeat presentation is Fine Tuning and Polishing. This part of rehearsing a presentation is what gives a professional speaker…
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I attended a Conference last weekend. The speakers, in the Conference handout, were listed as highly intelligent, well educated and experts in their field. To my surprise, the F… and S… words punctuated their presentations too frequently. Was their usage of profanity for shock value? I was disappointed by the repetition of these slang and swearing words being used to…
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On-line coaching and training programs in public speaking, although increasing in popularity for the busy, working force, can never provide the exact same value that face to face, training and coaching can offer. The on-line Programs with their skills and strategies can give a good foundation of knowledge but the application of these techniques needs to be monitored and observed…
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