Your body movement during your presentation has the ability to strengthen the impact of your message … or it can be a serious distraction. One of your goals as a speaker is to look so natural with your movements and with what you say that no one even notices that […]
One of the most common reasons people fear public speaking is that they blank out and forget their entire speech. I remember when I was competing on the speech team in high school, I did a speech on memory. In the middle of the speech during the competition, I blanked […]
The real success of every presentation is leaving your audience with something of value. What do they get out of spending time listening to your presentation? Many people believe that they need natural brilliance in speaking and presenting well. They believe that they need to be polished, smart, witty and […]
As a professional speaker, everything you do the minute you walk into the room sets the tone for your message. Without even speaking one word, you can determine just how many people you will reach because their engagement with your message depends on you; not on them. You can have […]
This is the fifth and final post in a series of five posts about classical techniques of rhetoric used by famed orators such as Socrates, Plato and Cicero. If you missed any in the series, you can find links near the end of this post. O.K. The moment we’ve all […]
This is the fourth in a series of five posts about classical techniques of rhetoric used by famed orators such as Socrates, Plato and Cicero. If you missed any in the series, you can find links near the end of this post. O.K. You’ve introduced yourself. You’ve laid out what […]
This is the third in a series of five posts about classical techniques of rhetoric used by famed orators such as Socrates, Plato and Cicero. If you missed any in the series, you can find links near the end of this post. So far, I’ve discussed the opening or exordium […]
