Recent Posts Tagged With 'public speaking'

• Speaker Learns Business Lessons from Hard Hit Golf Ball

  Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 08:21 in Tiger Woods, leadership, public speaking, presentations, analogies, sales presentations, business goals, tips on public speaking, business storytelling

  What's your sport, hobby or special interest? You should create analogies from it. Golf is a game of yards--or is it? You hit buckets of balls, working to send each one as far out as possible. Then one just falls short of that 300 yard marker...

• Avoid Being Leader in Name Only

  Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 06:57 in sales, leadership, public speaking, presentations, sales presentations, chief executive, tips on public speaking

  One guy is in charge. That means he gathered the individuals on the team, organized the schedule and lobbied the executive suite for a reasonable budget. Yet three weeks into the project there is little actual progress towards the goal of a proposal...

• Speaking of Customer Service

  Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 09:54 in training, customer service, leadership, public speaking, tips on public speaking, business storytelling

  Customer service is always a high priority, right? What company would consciously make an effort to be known for poor customer service? You know as well as I that customer service is often lip service. The actual representatives you deal......

• Values--Making the Tough and Correct Decision

  Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 08:53 in leadership, public speaking, storytelling, business decisions, bnet, medtronics, tips on public speaking, business storytelling

  How seriously have you been challenged to make decisions that reflect your company's values, rather than decisions that are convenient, expedient or in the best interests of the shareholders? Bill Hawkins, CEO of Medtronics, tells his story and h...

• Speaking about Leverage and Accountability

  Posted on Friday September 18th, 2009 at 13:32 in tips, Marketing, sales, public speaking, accountability, presentations, sales presentations, leverage, tips on public speaking, marketing and lead generation

  Two of the least favorite words that populate business presentations are 'leverage' and 'accountability.' How do I know this? Because the majority of business speakers I coach tell me how they hate those words--that is, until they...

• Market by Speaking About Your Company Values

  Posted on Tuesday September 15th, 2009 at 08:55 in Marketing, customer service, leadership, public speaking, lead generation, prospects, tips on public speaking, business storytelling, marketing and lead generation

  What values is your company or department known for? Values are the organization's principles or tenets that never change no matter what happens in the market, the economy or with leadership. Which of these (more than one) are among your......

• What Now? Making Good News After the Bad News Comes

  Posted on Monday September 14th, 2009 at 11:42 in leadership, current affairs, public speaking, presentations, good news, sales presentations, slides, bad news, power point, tips on public speaking, business storytelling, marketing and lead generation

  Can you write a list of the top ten ways to make good news after you've been hit with bad news? How about 7 ways, or even just 3? As a leader and business speaker it is up to you......

• 7 Uncommon Power Point Techniques

  Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 11:54 in public speaking, speeches, sales presentations, presentation tips, power point, tips on public speaking, death by power point, slide software

  7 Uncommon Power Point Techniques…That will make your audiences sit up and take notice 1. Insert blank black slides 2. Mix up the colors 3. Embed sound 4. Use video instead of still photos 5. Use photos instead of graphics......

• Choose Some Coaching-You'll be 150% Better

  Posted on Thursday September 3rd, 2009 at 20:37 in speech coaching, sales, public speaking, presentation, sales presentations, slides, power point, tips on public speaking

  "We did better by far than we would have without your coaching" the Senior VP exclaimed as he recounted his team's presentation to a desirable customer. He cited two reasons that you should consider when preparing a presentation for an......

• Use Multi-Media as Models for Your Presentations

  Posted on Wednesday September 2nd, 2009 at 10:31 in tips, technology, Marketing, sales, public speaking, presentations, sales presentations, power point, tips on public speaking, focus: the audience

  What words come to mind when you think "multi-media"? Quick, ever-changing, colorful, active, visuals, sounds, the unexpected... Your audiences live with--have embraced--multi-media in their daily lives. They gravitate to more color, more action, mor...

• Public Speaking Mistakes You Should Dare to Make

  Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 08:00 in Marketing, presentation skills, leadership, public speaking, tips on public speaking, becoming an expert speaker

  Mistakes in a speech or presentation? No one wants to make mistakes yet I've realized that there's a lot of value in making a few--from your mistakes, you learn what to do better. Here are three mistakes I have made......

• 2 Speaking Tips from President Obama

  Posted on Thursday April 30th, 2009 at 08:49 in leadership, public speaking, business presentations, president obama

  "Not only is Presdient Obama "up-to-speed" on the pressing issues of our time but also articulate about addressing them in a friendly, accessible way." That is Tom Shales' review of the president's handling of questions at his 100-day news conference...

• Delivery of Effective Business Presentations

  Posted on Tuesday April 28th, 2009 at 08:20 in business, leadership, public speaking, presentations, new york times, power point

  Quality speaking and writing is not dead or out of favor. In fact, compared with 5 or 10 years ago, communication skills for both speaking and writing are more important than ever. Why? Because there is so much freely available......

• Marketing Success Using Speaking and Promotional Products

  Posted on Monday April 27th, 2009 at 10:16 in Marketing, promotional products, public speaking, lead generation, marketing and lead generation, delivery of effective business presentations

  Reading the lists of the top 10 promotional products and the top 10 buyers of these items, I see clear opportunities for generating more leads than ever by asking the audience to use the promotional products during your speeches and......

• Sticking Your Brand in Your Audiences' Minds

  Posted on Monday April 13th, 2009 at 11:33 in Marketing, promotional products, public speaking, speeches, presentations, marketing and lead generation

  Stop giving away your promotional products! Promotional products are an easy and inexpensive way to keep your company top of mind. A mug, a pen or a magnet is in view daily and you hope they cause your clients or......

• How to Find Audiences of Your Prospects

  Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 09:17 in Marketing, public speaking, lead generation, executive, association, marketing and lead generation

  You're ready to begin using speaking as a marketing tactic. You've got the title for your 10-20 minute speech and you know who your best prospects are. How do you find the places they gather and how do you get......

• Business Speakers Generate Quality Leads

  Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 08:56 in sales, leadership, ceo, public speaking, lead generation, executive, marketing and lead generation

  There is a tactic for business growth that is almost a 'magic bullet'. This tactic helps you reach 100% of your target prospects and guarantees you at least one opportunity to follow up with them. What is this magic bullet?......

• Start Thinking You're a Business Speaker

  Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 08:33 in Marketing, business speaker, sales, leadership, ceo, public speaking, key executive

  CEOs and key executives speak to people every week and yet they don't think of themselves as speakers. It's time to recognize that you are a speaker so you can become brilliant at it. A 'business speaker' is anyone who......

• Stand Out Speaking--Why Be Different?

  Posted on Wednesday April 1st, 2009 at 10:34 in Tiger Woods, public speaking, oprah, speeches, presentations, executive women, audience engagement, focus: the speaker

  Executive women listened to and participated with me in Speakonomics! (TM)Four Little Words You Must Know to Make More Money. Afterwards several of them complained about what I modeled for them. Their complaint? They want to speak and present just......

• Leadership - Economic Turn Around in Three Steps

  Posted on Tuesday March 17th, 2009 at 06:58 in business, leadership, Economy, ceo, public speaking, ny times

  Can you articulate the 3 levers or actions that will turn your business around? "Only three?" you say, "We need to do dozens of things!" Gregg Brenneman, chairman of CCMP Capital, told the NY Times that he asks CEOs and......

• Public Speaking - Always Be Closing is a Mistake

  Posted on Friday March 13th, 2009 at 08:56 in training, Marketing, sales, public speaking, presentations, closing, marketing and lead generation

  You've heard it from sales trainers for years: no matter what you do, always be closing. That means that every conversation or interaction with a prospect should be focused on closing the sale. What if you could close more sales......

• Public Speaking - Boosting Your Speakers Ego

  Posted on Wednesday March 11th, 2009 at 09:23 in tips, business, confidence, public speaking, presentations, fear, focus: the speaker

  You've prepared: audience research, well-designed speech or presentation, audience participation, a few great slides, Yet the audience was quiet as a stone, giving few facial expressions or heads nodding as you spoke. You leave feeling very down and ...

• Public Speaking - How is Speaking Like Driving?

  Posted on Tuesday March 10th, 2009 at 07:16 in business, Marketing, Driving, public speaking, license, presentation, keynote, focus: the speaker

  Clutching your brand new driver's license in your hot teenage hand, you feel triumphant. You call yourself a driver and you hit the road. Then about 10 years later you realize that now you are a driver--it took years of......

• Leadership - Speak Truthfully About Your Strengths

  Posted on Friday March 6th, 2009 at 08:13 in business, leadership, Economy, public speaking, speech, presentation

  If you want to stay in business, you must speak about your strengths. Here's what I think whenever I hear how this report or that statistic is the worst since 1996 or whatever: While things were terrible during that long......

• Public Speaking - The Secret to Immediately Attracting Your Audiences

  Posted on Sunday February 22nd, 2009 at 19:45 in Advertising, business presentation, public speaking, brain, speech, rules, focus: the audience

  What gets through the constant flow of information, images and messages in your day to grab you quickly? Whatever makes you pay attention is the same kind of thing that makes your audiences sit up and notice you. You know......

• Leadership - The Upside of a Downturn

  Posted on Friday February 13th, 2009 at 05:10 in leadership, Economy, public speaking, downturn, growth strategies

  The smartest leaders are thinking just this--"there is an upside in the downturn and my company is going to take advantage of it." I've been so annoyed by quotes from business figures who complain that they can't do anything because......

• Public Speaking - 3 Tips for Business Audience Participation

  Posted on Sunday February 8th, 2009 at 09:13 in business, public speaking, speech, presentation, audience, participation, focus: the audience

  Business speakers never seem to think that they can and should include some audience participation activities in their speeches and presentations. If you think this way, you are losing one of the most effective ways to make your message stick......

• Public Speaking - Be a Great Speaker Like Jack Welch

  Posted on Thursday February 5th, 2009 at 07:19 in public speaking, speeches, ge, audience, jack welch, communication skills, focus: the speaker

  Thanks to social networking I read an article written by Dr. Jim Anderson about what made Jack Welch so successful as the Chairman and CEO of GE. GE is the 4th most valuable brand in the entire world. And Mr.......

• Leadership - Increase Your Visiblity with Public Speaking

  Posted on Wednesday February 4th, 2009 at 08:09 in Marketing, leadership, Economy, public speaking, business presentations, executive coach

  Public speaking is the single most effective way to get the attention of your clients and customers, your employees and the media. These people become extensions of your message--when your message is designed to make a positive impression and mobiliz...

• Leadership - Speak with Passion about Your Vision

  Posted on Tuesday February 3rd, 2009 at 08:00 in business, leadership, Vision, public speaking, presentation

  You've got a vision, right? You're the CEO, or key executive, or leader and you know people expect you to have a vision. I participated in a discussion about vision at a Leadership breakfast and was really bothered by this:......