Enclosed is an article from this months Management Today. The tips closely echo what I teach, so it is always nice to know that someone else agrees with you. Enjoy, Peter
The Smart Way To Gesture and Six Wrong Ways To Make A First Impression
Michael Grinder is one of the worlds foremost experts on non verbal communication and gesturing. He talks about the intelligent way of gesturing and that is around making your gesture as you speak, and then when you pause, to breath, to gather your thoughts or to create suspense, you freeze your gesture. So as you are talking, make your gesture, …
The Power Of Telling Your Story
Benjamin Franklin said “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn”. Did you know that if you give people some facts, there is a 5% to 10% retention rate. If you add a visual image retention can increase up to 25% to 30%. If you tell a story with examples and it is …
Habits
Habits, Practise, Routine, Repetition, whatever you want to call it, is an important aspect of becoming more confident and more effective in your presentation and public speaking skills. You need to get in the habit of speaking and the habit of speaking more frequently and the habit of speaking in more difficult situations. Napoleon Hill said “Habits are the Stairway …
Preparation is the key to public speaking
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 …
Two Key Questions??
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 …