speaking voice

6 Tips To Help You Take Care Of Your Speaking Voice

If you were competing in a sport or playing a musical instrument or singing on stage you would take care of your body and your instrument. You would do this by warming up and stretching your muscles or by practicing beforehand in the warm up room or by fine tuning your instrument (guitar, violin etc). Opera singers warm up their …

Public speaking and Presentations

Content Is Still King

“If you give something to people that they actually want and need … they will love you forever”. Mitch Joel   In the current connected environment we are bombarded with 1000’s of messages every week. Sometimes it is online or through the media and other times it is at seminars, workshops or other presentations. Regardless, most people consume content because …

Public Speaking Etiquette

Public Speaking Etiquette – 6 Common Mistakes That Speakers Make

When you are invited to speak or present at a conference or seminar there are certain rules and obligations that you as a speaker should observe. These obligations help the conference run smoothly, they make the organiser look good and they help you earn the respect and trust of the audience. And simply put they are just common etiquette. Over …

Use The Power of Disruption When Presenting

Use The Power of Disruption When Presenting

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist” ~ Pablo Picasso. I love this quote by Picasso and every time I read it, it reminds that before I do something completely different and go out on a limb I need a good understanding of the first principals of public speaking, audience engagement and indeed …