speeches

Why Speeches Can Be So Awful

Nick Morgan in his article “Before You Open Your Mouth – The Keys To Great Public Speaking”, explains 4 key reasons why speeches can be so awful. They are: 1 Speakers make it about themselves, rather than the audience 2 Speakers don’t take the audience on a journey 3 Speakers don’t rehearse and practise 4 Speakers think about their content but …

stage fright

Stage Fright

Stage fright, nerves, performance anxiety, whatever you want to call it – is a reality for many situations and one that most people will experience at some stage in their life as they take on challenges. It may be on the sporting big stage, performing, your wedding ceremony, a conference presentation or simply undertaking public speaking. I am not a …

Presentation tips

Less Is Often More

Less is often more, Keep It Simple, Be on – be brief – be seated (Franklin D Roosevelt), Men of few words are the best men of all (William Shakespeare), are all ways of saying get to the point and make your message as clear and concise as possible. Most of us read newspapers or magazines, but very few of …

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5 Tips for Presenting to Executives

by Bruce Gabrielle August 14, 2012 http://blog.slideshare.net/2012/08/14/5-tips-for-presenting-to-executives/ It is always good when you read articles or books and find that many of the things that you believe in and teach are reaffirmed by these authors and trainers. This article covers 5 tips to use for presenting to executives. In summary they are:- get to the point within 60 seconds Talk …

Public speaking and presentations

Lose The Hurry

I am in Mykonos in the Greek Islands at the moment, just relaxing and enjoying the slower pace. I noticed a sign that just summed everything up for me – “lose the hurry”. And in Mykonos there is a strong sense of relaxation and of an easy going pace and of “no hurry”. Many people who start out public speaking …

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Think – Breathe – Speak

Well here I am in London enjoying the history and scenery. The way to get around London quickly is on the tube and as I was travelling on one of the escalators down to the tube I saw a sign for public speaking courses. The sign read “think, breathe, speak”. I thought that this was wonderfully simple and a great …