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The Best Damn Sports Comedy | September 27th 2009 by Richard
I thought athletes were great public speakers. With all the cliches after the game, sometimes it’s difficult to actually go up to the podeum and speak your mind. Derrick Rose Ellis Lanksder Posted in Other Tagged: Buffalo Bills, Chicago Bu read more
Fear of Public Speaking
CEOConsultant.com | September 27th 2009 by Damon
Many people fear public speaking in almost any circumstance. Some people just can’t do it and will get up there and freeze. Fortunately, the fear of public speaking can be overcome with proper training and encouragement. Just like any other sk read more
House Speech Competition 2009
SCC English | September 27th 2009
This evening we had the annual Transition Year House Speech contest in the BSR. In a few days we'll have a pupil review here.Henry Roe from Stackallan presented and linked the speeches - two from each House, being (in order): Robin Fitzpatrick on his read more
A Professional Motivational Speaker’s Top Tips – How To Rehea…
Worlds Best Online Business Resources | September 26th 2009 by Sherry Driedger
As an experienced professional motivational speaker, I’m a huge fan of motivational quotes. Here’s one (that is sometimes attributed to Warren Buffett): “Practice makes permanent, not perfect.” And Buffet is 100% right. Here are a handful of read more
Networking 101: What NOT to do…
Rebecca Doll - at work, at home, at play: learning things th… | September 25th 2009 by Rebecca Doll
I love an audience. It’s a family thing. I like the kind where I am on the stage and the audience is not. The kind where I have a pretty good idea of what I am going to say and how the event is going to go and some confidence that the curve bal read more
The Power of Thank You
Your Hypnotist Blog | September 24th 2009 by Andy Mitchell
By Tom Breeze.Okay, if you do a favour for someone (e.g. stay late to help them with a project), if they are polite, they will say to you, "Thank you so much for helping me, I really appreciate it." Then we will say something along the lines of, "No read more
The Power Moment of BUT
Your Hypnotist Blog | September 23rd 2009 by Andy Mitchell
by Tom Breeze.When we say the word BUT, many different things happen. We negate everything we have just said and get people to listen eagerly to the next thing we say. That's why people tend to start arguments by saying, "I under read more
Public Speaking Challenges: The 3 Toughest Audience Members
deansguide | September 23rd 2009 by dean
A child wearing a dunce cap in class, from a staged photo c.1906 So you want to be a speaker, workshop facilitator aka presenter? The benefits are exposure for your business and brand, lead generation, and networking. A public speaking platform can read more
Making it stick: Be unexpected
Manner of Speaking | September 21st 2009 by John Zimmer
This is Part 3 of a seven-part series on making speeches and presentations memorable. It is based on the book “Made to Stick” by Chip and Dan Heath. One of the reasons most of us love surprises - I mean good ones – is that we do read more
Essential Public Speaking Skills
Personality Development Blog | September 21st 2009 by Venkatakrishna Nalamothu
Learning English.....for UPSR Students.
Fatty's Fantasies | September 20th 2009 by Adrian
If you have kids ages 7 to 12 years (or will be 7 to 12 next year), you may want to give AET English Language Learning Centre a call. Our centre in SunwayMas, near Aman Suria, offers training to UPSR students.We would like to help your child familiar read more
How To Be A Public Speaker
Osamah Alabdullah - My Blog on the World Wide Web | September 19th 2009 by Osamah Alabdullah
Observe that the title does NOT say: how to become a public speaker, but how to BE one. That doesn't mean that everyone has to enter it as a profession. But, as with anything done effectively, it takes a certain style to be a good public speaker. Fo read more
Who Are Utrecht Toastmasters? (Part 2)
Utrecht Toastmasters | September 19th 2009
As part of a PR project one of our members decided to do something a little bit different, she made a video of one of our club’s Table Topics sessions to give an insight into what we are all about: read more
What Sets Preaching Apart from Other Public Speaking?
Brandon A. Cox | September 18th 2009 by Brandon Cox
This content is from: Life Here And There This content is from: Life Here And There My favorite classes at Western Kentucky University weren’t the Religious Studies courses (my major), or even the History courses (my minor). My favorite classe read more
Speaking about Leverage and Accountability
Great Speaking Coach | September 18th 2009 by Susan Trivers
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 read more
My talk at Creative Cape Town Clusters
Jasonbagley.com | September 18th 2009 by Jason Bagley
As I mentioned a couple of days ago, I did a 10 minute talk on creativity in social media at the Creative Cape Town Clusters. Creative Cape Town took a video of all the presentations and you can catch mine embedded below: (Watch it directly on Youtu read more
Shana Tovah!
Jewish Gipsy in Toronto or Whatever Happens, Happens for Goo… | September 17th 2009 by Leah
We are so different. I dislike honey with all my heart. When my Jewish brothers and sisters, rejoice for Rosh Hashana with apples and honey, I eat cakes. We are so different, but we are all beautiful. Jewish or Non-Jewish, atheists and religious, nai read more
Matt Eventoff on BTR/We Think Radio Discussing The Power of Words
Matt Eventoff presents Communications 3.0 | September 17th 2009
Stage Fright
Official Blog of TV News Anchor Nancy Loo | September 17th 2009 by Nancy Loo
There’s a big difference between anchoring a Fox Chicago newscast in a studio with just a few people and speaking in person in front of lots of people. Strange as it may seem, I actually get quite nervous before speaking engagements. But se read more
Public Speaking: Mnemonic Devices-Barfing Your Way to Success
Speak to Lead | September 17th 2009
Mnemonic devices for public speaking have been used for thousands of years. The initial application was to help speakers remember what they were going to say as they delivered the speech. (For an overview and history of mnemonic devices used... read more
Affirmative Action, EEO & Diversity
Sahar Consulting Blog | September 15th 2009 by Sahar Andrade
There is always a big confusion about the difference between Affirmative Action, Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity or they assume they are one and the same. Diversity Unites That could be the farthest statement from the truth, we will try read more
Daily Presentation Skills Tips on Twitter
Executive Speech Coach | September 15th 2009
For short snappy Presentation Skills Tips follow me on Twitter athttp://twitter.com/PresentationsGoSome of these tips are good reminders. Some are ah-ah insights. Some offer creative ideas and simple short cuts to presentation greatness. All of these read more
Public speaking
The Communication Blog | September 15th 2009
A recent letter to the editor (regarding the op-ed piece in the New York Times where a variety of professors gave advice to students and posted recently), makes the point that amid all this good advice, no one mentioned the importance of public speak read more
Market by Speaking About Your Company Values
Great Speaking Coach | September 15th 2009 by Susan Trivers
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... read more
Know Your Audience: What You Don’t Know May Hurt You
The Accidental Communicator | September 15th 2009
When you think of the perfect speech in your mind, what do you see? Do you see yourself up on a stage giving a speech, reaching the end, and then having everyone stand up and applaud until their hands grow tired? Nice picture. However, all too often read more
Public Speaking
Hilal Achmad's Blog | September 15th 2009 by Hilal Achmad
Saya rasa kita semua hampir sepakat bahwa salah satu keterampilan dasar yang harus kita miliki adalah kemampuan berkomunikasi. Sejak kita kecil, menginjak remaja, maupun setelah menjadi dewasa dan hingga menjadi tua kita selalu berkomunikasi. Di ruma read more
Fly Me to the Moon
Utrecht Toastmasters | September 15th 2009
“So, you just stand up and speak, is that it?” Toastmasters can be dismissed as a nice little club where people meet and give speeches in a nice cosy environment, as a social club with jokes. And it can be for some people but there are ot read more
Ask Jef Menguin
Jef Menguin Workshops & Seminars | September 14th 2009 by Jef Menguin
Submit your question about customer service, building self confidence, public speaking, team building, motivation, and personal development, and Jef Menguin and his friends might choose to answer it on the upcoming articles. read more
Funny Audience
Executive Speech Coach | September 14th 2009
Sometimes it's you - sometimes it's the audienceI spoke to a group today that loved to laugh. Was I funny, engaging and entertaining? Yes. And the group loved to laugh. They laughed at lines that most other groups didn't. They smiled and encouraged m read more
What Now? Making Good News After the Bad News Comes
Great Speaking Coach | September 14th 2009 by Susan Trivers
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... read more
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