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Better Than Cured | November 21st 2009 by Christine Forest, M.D.
As Leonard Bernstein, the pianist, conductor and composer of the musical West Side Story has done in the 1980s, making classical music more easily accessible for the public through lectures and seminars explaining classical music in plain English, in read more
How To Be A Confident Public Speaker – Part Two
Staggered | November 20th 2009 by Andrew Shanahan
Part two of our series on how to become a confident public speaker, so you'll not be feeling sick when it's your turn to take the mic and make a speech. Related Stuff:How To Be A Confident Public Speaker – Part OneShould Brides Be Allowed To read more
How to Use Conversation to Improve Your Public Speaking
New Business Concept | November 20th 2009 by Calzro
Effective public speaking is a skill most people can acquire. The aim is to successfully communicate a message that is worthwhile and interesting to the audience. It is not an art form that only a few can master.With effective public speaking being a read more
SocMed in Adelaide: a possible progression
Better Communication Results | November 19th 2009 by Lee Hopkins
As I tweeted a few days ago, I reckon there now exists a possibility to amalgamate many of the activities the various disparate groups of social media evangelists in Adelaide are undertaking. This could potentially save time, effort and the stress read more
Melcrum delegates: Resources page updated
Better Communication Results | November 19th 2009 by Lee Hopkins
For the general edification (ahem) of those wonderfully smart, witty and all-round drop-dead gorgeous folks who kindly attend my social media workshops for Melcrum, I have updated my resources page to include some red-hot material. I naturally won read more
Aspiring Speakers — Have You Checked Out SpeakerMatch Yet?
Nancy Juetten's Main Street Media Savvy Blog | November 19th 2009 by Nancy Juetten
If you are an aspiring professional speaker, you will benefit from learning more about SpeakerMatch. This is the only service of its kind when it comes to matching speakers and speaking opportunities. [...] read more
Experience, please
Construction Marketing Ideas | November 19th 2009 by Mark Buckshon
You would think that, at 56, I'm beyond the age where this expression applies: "You need experience to be given a chance, but no one will give me a chance to get experience."This is the classic refrain of new start-ups, and young people seeking empl read more
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Custom Twitter Backgrounds - Graphic Design | November 18th 2009 by Brian Hanson
@SusanPreston Susan Preston Teaches & Empowers Professionals and Businesses how to take their biz to next level using social media as well as a Speaker, a Success Coach & a Lover of LIFE! Comments from Susan… “Thank you so muc read more
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Custom Twitter Backgrounds - Graphic Design | November 18th 2009 by Brian Hanson
SusanPreston Susan Preston Teaches & Empowers Professionals and Businesses how to take their biz to next level using social media as well as a Speaker, a Success Coach & a Lover of LIFE! Comments from Susan… “Thank you so much read more
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Custom Twitter Backgrounds - Graphic Design | November 18th 2009 by Brian Hanson
Susan Preston Susan Preston Teaches & Empowers Professionals and Businesses how to take their biz to next level using social media as well as a Speaker, a Success Coach & a Lover of LIFE! Comments from Susan… “I’m so exc read more
“Cut The Crap” Goes Live on the Radio
Stories Change the World | November 18th 2009 by Annie Hart
Today I had a wonderful virtual coffee with my new friend and colleague Thomas Magnum on his Virtual Coffee radio show. Boy was that fun! Thomas is an inspiring and educated speaker and trainer who has a real knack for putting people at ease and cr read more
Don’t be Nervous if you’re Nervous
Motivation Shots from The Doc | November 17th 2009 by Alan Fairweather
When was the last time you did some public speaking? Perhaps it was a presentation to a client or your colleagues or an event in your personal life. Did you feel nervous? It sometimes surprises people when I tell them I get slightly nervous before a read more
Seven speeches make me week
Matthew Taylor's blog | November 17th 2009 by Matthew Taylor
I wrote yesterday about my eight speeches this week. Actually, to be fair, it is six but I have been prone to exaggeration from the day I was born. Naturally this gets me thinking about the very act of speaking in public. As with most social phenom read more
Hey Baby, Come Here Often?
The Accidental Communicator | November 16th 2009
Image Credit What's A Nice Girl / Guy Like You Doing In A Place Like This? Just like a cheesy pick-up line, the first words that come out of your mouth when you are giving a speech will determine if you are going to get lucky with this audience. read more
Obama Calls Himself “The First Pacific President;” Krauthamme…
AreYouLiberal.Com | November 16th 2009
Narcissism. Everything about “Baby Jesus” is a historic first. One of the rules of public speaking — and diplomacy — is to flatter the audience. Why is Obama only seems interested in flattering himself? “Hey guys, I̵ read more
7 Ways to Power-Up Your Presentations and Persuade
The Negotiation Board | November 16th 2009 by Jonathan Martin
Why is the #1 Fear in America Public Speaking? Because those that excel in this discipline scare the pants off the rest of us! The ability to successfully present your ideas in front of an audience, whether it is 5 or 500, is a powerful skill to hav read more
Make a PLAN and Make It Great – CA style
Make It Great! with Phil Gerbyshak | November 16th 2009 by Phil Gerbyshak
Recently I spent a week in California speaking to 5 HDI chapters to share points from my book 10 Ways to Make It Great! Every time I do the presentation, I mix it up, re-do parts of my PowerPoint slides, and think about things a little differently. W read more
Five tips for improving your communications skills
Truth, Justice, and the American Way | November 16th 2009 by David V
How good are your communication skills? How often do you feel that misunderstandings get in the way of your personal relationships or your career? Do you ever avoid talking to people because you don’t know how to express what you feel, or bec read more
10 Things You Should Know About Public Speaking
Overnight Sensation | November 15th 2009 by James Feudo
My first “Ten things you should know about…” post is on (big surprise) Public Speaking. It’s the number one social fear and many people fear it more than death. Yet, there are people out there that you’ve probably never read more
Self Confidence: Seven Habits Of Highly Confident People
Tips dan Trik Berbicara di Depan Publik | November 15th 2009
Status yang lebih baik dalam rasa percaya diri, bisa diperoleh dengan mencapai rasa percaya diri yang lebih baik dalam berkomunikasi. Mengapa? Karena Anda adalah makhluk komunikasi. 1. Anda berkomunikasi secara eksternal dengan orang lain, untuk beke read more
Self Confidence: Mengapa Harus Percaya Diri Berkomunikasi
Tips dan Trik Berbicara di Depan Publik | November 15th 2009
Jika Anda merasa belum percaya diri, maka Anda bisa menjadi percaya diri. Jika Anda sudah merasa percaya diri, maka Anda bisa menjadi lebih percaya diri. Percaya diri itu dinamis, ia bisa naik dan turun, berubah dan berkembang. Sangat ditentukan oleh read more
Memorization Techniques – What To Do When You Are ‘Live’ an…
Reading Between the Line, The Hidden Power of Language | November 15th 2009 by HostCurtis
I’ve been in two situations recently, which were both a challenge and a success, due to quick recovery techniques and experience with managing people in group situations. Here are two techniques for recovery when it’s all gone wrong, and you’ read more
The Power of 'One to Many' - Sharing Your Message to Attract More…
Market Your Massage - Tips and Tools for Therapists | November 15th 2009 by Krishna Everson
Let me tell you about my client and friend Annie Clark (that's her on the left). Annie is a wellness consultant with a huge scope of knowledge and operates a successful health consultancy on the Sunshine Coast of Australia. Now, Annie wears a lot of read more
For Professional Speakers: How Can You Convert a Seminar to a Key…
Market Yourself as a Speaker | November 13th 2009 by Susan Levin
by Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE In the speaking world, the media stars are the keynote speakers. A lot of seminar leaders and trainers ask me how they can adapt their material to this intense, high-profile, and often lucrative specialty. “The keynote read more
How To Be A Confident Public Speaker – Part One
Staggered | November 13th 2009 by Andrew Shanahan
Weddings and speeches – they go together like Bride and Groom, burger and chips, Saturday night and Strictly. Which may or may not be good news. Some people leap at the chance to speak in public. I was at a wedding recently where the best man final read more
Notes from the 2009 PRSA International Conference
ScudderMedia Blog | November 12th 2009 by Sean Henry
I’m just back in the office after spending three days in San Diego attending the above-mentioned conference. There were almost 3,000 attendees there, using at least 20 meeting rooms and discussing every aspect of PR and communications. Looking read more
How to Win a Humorous Speech Contest, Part 1 – Suit Up!
Utrecht Toastmasters | November 12th 2009
First Impressions Your appearance is very important. We all look at people and make snap judgements based on how they look and at a contest what you wear and how look can have a direct effect on how the audience will react to your speech. Furthermore read more
The Do’s and Don’ts of Writing and delivering an Excellent We…
Humorous Wedding Speech | November 11th 2009 by Konstantin Snytko
If you’ve been asked to write a wedding speech, you would realize that either the bride or groom really like you, and also value your opinion. This makes it more difficult as you only want to say all the right things to do your friends/family proud read more
7 Simple Tips To Improve Your Public Speaking Quickly
GlennDanker's Blog | November 10th 2009 by Glenn Danker
Did you know that public speaking is the Number 1 fear that most people have? Most people would do almost anything just as long as they do not need to do public speaking. Some people can “invent” excuses you have not heard before (for e.g read more
The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs
Wise Bread | November 10th 2009 by Will Chen
By Lynn Truong I was excited to read The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience, written by Businessweek.com columnist Carmine Gallo. I've been to a lot of conferences and sat through a lot of bad prese read more
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