Last night on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Craig talked about public speaking … providing some off the wall tips and information about how to develop this skill. Some of them were actually pretty good, so I wanted to share them with you. https://publicspeakingsuperpowers.s3.amazonaws.com/VIDEO/craig_fergeson_on_public_speaking.mp4 Glossophobia is the fancy […]
When done well, an interpretive reading can be as entertaining as any skit, play or musical performance. If you are a fiction author or poet, mastering this type of speech can really help you sell more of your work. If, when you do live readings, you can dramatize your selection and make it entertaining beyond the words, you will engage the audience and inspire them to open their pocketbooks to buy a copy of their own.
A few weeks ago, I gave my first speech for my current Toastmaster’s club, Speak Out! It was probably the most challenging presentation I’d ever given. The goals of the speech were: Entertain the audience through the use of humor drawn from personal experience and from other material that I […]
Is public speaking a learned skill or something people are born being able to do? Avish Parashar believes it is a learned skill and says his background in improv comedy is proof. – – – – – Do you have questions about public speaking? Is there a topic you’d […]
In the context of this series, an entertaining speech is one whose sole purpose is to have the audience enjoy the presentation. The purpose of an entertaining speech is not to educate, inform or inspire … it is to make the audience smile, relax, enjoy and maybe even laugh their heads off.
My dad once told a story about when he was in college. He was involved in a production of West Side Story and for the closing scene, when the angels take the hero away, the actors playing the angels were dressed up as Keystone Cops with glow-in-the-dark paint on their […]
Thinking about adding some humor to your next presentation? Keep these two tips in mind! – – – – – Do you have questions about public speaking? Just ask and I’ll answer in a future public speaking tip video. Post a comment below. Submit a video response to this […]
