Using pauses during a public speech or presentation is an important way to engage the audience and to deliver your message effectively. A lot of us fail to use pauses in the right manner and therefore we throw our audience off and lose their engagement throughout the presentation. Pausing is something that we hate to …
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If you want to create a great public speech then you need to nail the opening. The opening will cause your audience to either listen in to what you have to say or to pull out their phone and start browsing through Facebook. Your opening is so important. You want to create an opening that shocks …
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[youtube id=”vjAtJF24jqs” mode=”normal” align=”center”] So you want to create a speech. You know the content, you know the message you want to get across but you need a structure of how you are going to deliver your presentation so that its effective and its get through to the audience. Today I am giving you a public …
What was the worst speech you’ve ever delivered and how did you get over it? We all have the time in our lives that we deliver a speech that floundered, that fails, that is absolutely horrible. Let me tell you the story of mine. [youtube id=”RcLVVlJp1Bg” mode=”normal” align=”center”] Mine happened when I was 14 and I …
[youtube id=”i_Jf__jKyIk” mode=”normal” align=”center”] Imagine the most non-funny persons you know. That boring person who sits in the corner never says anything interesting and just has no excitement about them at all. Now imagine that person came to you and say: “I am going to become a professional comedian. What do you think, hey?” You …
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An icebreaker is an activity in public speaking that is designed to engage the audience and break the ice to get them ready to hear what you’re about to say. However, many of the icebreakers out there that the internet sites recommend are pretty average at best and in most cases downright awkward to use. …
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[powerpress] In this podcast episode I discuss how you can stop saying ‘um’ or ‘ah’ when giving a public speech. This is a problem a lot of newbie speakers have and it is something you need to be aware of and something you need to stop doing as soon as possible. I share my experiences …
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[powerpress] Today I tackle the belief that many people have: “You are either born a great public speaker or you are not….and I’m not”
Should you use big words when giving a public speech? Often people want to know whether or not they should use big words when giving a public speech. In your day-to-day lives with your colleagues in your workplace, you might use certain industry-specific words that have a very specific meaning to the group of people …
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[powerpress] I want to show you ten things you should never do when giving a public speech. There are so many things that you should not do during a public speech, and for new speakers it is very hard to know what you should, and should not do when you are on stage and speaking …
