By Featured Speaker Lily Iatridis Recently I wrote about using strategic questioning to get your audience creatively engaged during your speaking event. But what comes after they answer your questions? That’s also an integral part to relationship building with your audience, especially with public speaking. The answer is qualitative feedback. […]
One of the most common pieces of advice the featured speakers have been sharing with me is this: to really get to know your audience, so you can tailor your presentation to what they need, mingle with them before you go on stage. This works very well if you’re […]
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” […]
Have you ever had to speak before an audience who was hostile toward your topic? If not, it will surely happen sometime. The following tips may help you ease that hostility: Be attentive and understand the question being raised A person from the audience is asking you questions just for […]
This has got to be the most important question you need to answer when preparing for a speech: Who is your audience? What are their needs? What do they hope to gain by listening to you speak? If you don’t know the answer to these questions, then you are sure […]
