Learn to be more confident as a speaker and presenter. Confidence is an essential part of public speaking and engaging an audience and getting your message across. Confidence shows the audience that you know what you are talking about, you are sure of your information and you believe that what you are saying is important to them, not just yourself. …
In all of my public speaking workshops, regardless of it being overcome fear, beginners, presentation skills, off the cuff or presentation skills for leaders, I always teach that preparation is the foundation of every speech. It was Robert Schuller who said “Spectacular performance is always preceded by spectacular preparation. I have been lucky enough to be doing some training in …
When agreeing to do a presentation or preparing to deliver a speech always be clear on why you are delivering it and what you want to achieve. I always teach that there are two key questions that you must ask yourself and be clear about before you undertake a speech. If you are not clear on either of these questions …
The bucket model for answering questions is simply thinking of all the hundreds of questions that you could be asked to answer and then sorting them into common themes or buckets. It might be questions about price, planning, quality, time frames, contingency plans, return on investment etc. You sort these key themes and place each theme in its own bucket …
I recently ran a Webinar on tips and tools to present more confidently and effectively. Before running the Webinar I surveyed all the registrants on what was their number one problem or concern around public speaking and presenting. The slide below summarises the 8 most common problems people encounter when public speaking. Not surprisingly, fear, nerves and anxiety around public …
Humour is a great tool to use in public speaking and if you can be naturally funny while staying on point, you can really engage and connect with the audience. Funny man John Cleese said “If I can get you to laugh, you like me more, which makes you more open to my ideas. And, if I can get you …
