As an author, there will come a time when you will be asked to perform a live book reading before an audience. It doesn’t matter whether your work is a novel, a collection of poems, or an anthology of short stories or essays. Your fans want to hear your words almost as much as they want to read them. Here are some tips to give them what they want and leave them wanting more.
The most important skill a public speaker can develop and nurture is making a connection with the audience. In fact, Featured Speaker Jeffrey Gitterman says it is one of the critical skills. “If you want to be a great speaker, you want to create a connection between you and the audience that is at a much deeper level than you can get with PowerPoints and video and cool little gimmicks.”
Live virtual events are on the rise. Conferences, conventions, seminars are canceling their physical venues and many are scrambling to move to delivering their content virtually. However, there is more to hosting a webinar than simply having one. Here are some tips to help you make your life virtual events more effective for you and more valuable for your attendees.
Are you underestimating your audience? In today’s episode of the Public Speaking Super Powers podcast, I share four ways speakers underestimate their audiences and how to avoid making those same mistakes.
At some point, it is highly likely that you will speak before an audience who is hostile to your topic. In today’s podcast, I share some tips on how to handle that situation. [powerpress] Tips mentioned in this episode include: Be attentive and understand the question being raised Be guided […]
There are several models that look at the learning style of an individual. The most commonly known one is based on a person’s informational input preference – Auditory, Visual, Kinesthetic. Another way is to look at how a person processes that information. With this model, there are four distinct learning […]
This episode of the Public Speaking Super Powers Podcast features Carma’s interview with Riva Greenberg, the author of 50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life: And the 50 Diabetes Truths That Can Save It and The ABCs of Loving Yourself with Diabetes. She has spoken internationally about living with […]
