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Nancy Daniels

If You Plan a Career in Public Speaking, Start With the ‘Freebies’

By Featured Speaker Nancy Daniels In order to establish yourself in the business of public speaking, you should begin contacting local clubs and organizations in your area as soon as possible. It is important to understand that the majority of those engagements will not be paid. In fact, at this […]

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Nancy Daniels

Should You Eat Before Giving a Presentation?

By Featured Speaker Nancy Daniels The question of whether you should eat before speaking is very individual. Some people want to eat – others don’t. By the way, you are not alone in this dilemma. Most professional athletes, stage actors, and musicians do not eat a large meal before performing. […]

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Arvee Robison

Three Explosive Ways to Grab Your Audience’s Attention and Keep It!

By Featured Speaker Arvee Robinson Speakers can open their presentation using one of a host of methods. So why do most non-professional speakers begin their speech with those attention-grabbing words, “Ah, I am so-in-so, ah . . . um”? Beginning your speech with filler words such as “ah” or “um” […]

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Eliminate the Fear of Speaking

Eliminate the Fear of Speaking

Eliminate the Fear of Speaking By Featured Speaker Arvee Robinson Why Do You Feel So Nervous? Feeling nervous before you speak in front of a room full of people is quite common among the majority of people today. According to surveys, many people would rather die than give a speech. […]

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What were they thinking? Some notes on word use

What were they thinking? Some notes on word use

Pet Peeves With Words By Featured Speaker Ric Morgan No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately. – Michel de Montaigne It’s a miracle that anyone can learn American English. The language is full of things that make absolutely no sense, and there […]

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