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Watch Becky Blanton’s TED Talk
Six Minutes - A Public Speaking and Presentations Blog | November 2nd 2009 by Andrew Dlugan
Six weeks ago, we were fortunate to share Becky Blanton’s educational and inspirational story titled How to Deliver the Talk of Your Life. This was one of the most popular articles we’ve ever published on Six Minutes. The focus of her art read more
10 Ways to End Your Speech with a Bang
Six Minutes - A Public Speaking and Presentations Blog | October 12th 2009 by Andrew Dlugan
End your speech with an attitude, not a platitude. Instead of firing off a perfunctory “thank you,” consider launching fireworks of final passionate thoughts from the podium. With the flair of a fireworks finale, you’ll trigger spontaneous app read more
TEASE ‘em: 5 Ways to Start Your Speech
Six Minutes - A Public Speaking and Presentations Blog | October 7th 2009 by Andrew Dlugan
Ban the banalities that bog down most speech openings. Defer the customary “nice-to-be-here” platitudes. Direct your audience more into fawning than yawning over your speech opening. How? Start your speech better by diving in! Instead of gingerly read more
Humor Trivializes Evil - NPR Treats ACORN Child Prostitution as a…
Speak to Lead | September 24th 2009
First of all, now that I have your attention, I want to make clear this is not an attack on National Public Radio. But it was an NPR broadcast that sparked my thoughts about the power humor has to trivialize... read more
How to Deliver the Talk of Your Life
Six Minutes - A Public Speaking and Presentations Blog | September 23rd 2009 by Andrew Dlugan
Ed: A few weeks ago, Becky Blanton wrote to me saying: “I used your site to help me prepare for my TEDGlobal 2009 talk! It was a godsend literally. [...] I would love to ‘give back’ by writing about what I learned from other TED tal 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
Best Man Speech: What’s the Key to Succeed?
Six Minutes - A Public Speaking and Presentations Blog | September 14th 2009 by Andrew Dlugan
“Loved it! Well DONE.” “Great speech – hilarious!” “Mate, that was awesome.” A great Best Man Speech is the highlight of any wedding banquet. But exactly what makes a great Best Man Speech? A Great Best Man Speech is…? We all read more
How to Make Metaphorical Magic in Your Speech
Six Minutes - A Public Speaking and Presentations Blog | September 8th 2009 by Andrew Dlugan
This is a guest article from Peter Jeff. Metaphors help a skeptical or apathetic audience better embrace and value a new concept or idea. Metaphors make the connection of that new idea to an object the audience already knows. Read on to discover a tr read more
Persuasion: Dangerous Message - Joe Friday vs Clarence Darrow at…
Speak to Lead | August 19th 2009
"Just the facts, ma'am."* The phrase made famous by Dragnet's Sgt. Joe Friday, raised its deceptive head last week at the Netroots Nation and RightOn (conservative) political bloggers annual conventions in Pittsburgh. Toward the end of a Q&A session read more
Shell companies vacancies
Hot JOBS VACANCY in Nigeria | August 4th 2009 by Joe
Shell companies have been exploring for and producing hydrocarbons for over a century.Today, Exploration & Production (EP) employs some 17,000 people worldwide and has interests in ventures in 36 different countries.SNEPCO is currently looking to read more
Planning Your Business Speech or Presentation
Great Speaking Coach | July 20th 2009 by Susan Trivers
Planning your speech or presentation involves putting specific information or content into your Speech Development System. Together the System and the Planning steps create a modular approach to speech or presentation writing. Before you open your sl read more
Message Development: Making Numbers Come Alive - How much is a tr…
Speak to Lead | July 11th 2009
The great challenge of using numbers in presentations and interviews is breathing life into them so listeners take note, comprehend, and remember. Since the currency here in Washington DC these days is expressed in trillions, I wanted to pass along.. read more
How to Add Power or Humor with the Rule of Three
Six Minutes - A Public Speaking and Presentations Blog | June 8th 2009 by Andrew Dlugan
In the first two articles of this series, we learned how using the rule of three can improve your speeches by [1] writing triads of words, phrases, and sentences and [2] by applying three-part speech outlines. In this article, you will learn how addi read more
Why Successful Speech Outlines follow the Rule of Three
Six Minutes - A Public Speaking and Presentations Blog | June 4th 2009 by Andrew Dlugan
Previously, we learned how the rule of three improves speeches when used at the micro-speech level, to craft memorable triads of words, phrases, and sentences. In this article, we will learn how the rule of three improves speeches at the macro-speech read more
How to Use the Rule of Three in Your Speeches
Six Minutes - A Public Speaking and Presentations Blog | May 28th 2009 by Andrew Dlugan
The rule of three is powerful speechwriting technique that you should learn, practice, and master. Using the Rule of Three allows you to express concepts more completely, emphasize your points, and increase the memorability of your message. That̵ read more
Persuasive Sound Bites: Word Pictures that Change Behavior
Speak to Lead | May 22nd 2009
Steve Farnsworth (twitter user TheRealPRMan) has written a super blog entry titled Let's Shoot the CEO: Is Pay for Placement PR a Brilliant Idea or Acutely Ignorant. Steve makes a powerful case against pay for placement. But that's not the... read more
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