For many the first time they bake a cake it will end up being a burnt offering to their friends or family. Baking a cake is a skill. So is making a speech. A cake’s taste is largely determined by the ingredients that are mixed into it. The effectiveness of a speech will be very [...]

For many people, getting through one’s speech or presentation as quickly as possible seems to be the objective when faced with the horror of addressing an audience.  While they may have planned on 20 minutes for their presentation, once they begin, they are off to the races and manage to spit it out in 10!  
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Does this sound familiar?   Feet resolutely frozen to the floor, white-knuckled hands glued to the lectern, abject fear written all over your face?  If this sounds like you, then it is time you learned how to â??let go and let beâ?? in public speaking. 
When I talk about color â?? the life, the animation, the emotion [...]

I’m a professional psychologist, a member of Rotary, a book author (on achievement motivation), a resume writer and career coach, and someone who has heard an endless number of professional and non-professional speakers for over 30 years. I’ve seen how it’s the little things that make a big difference. Here are 7 “little things” you [...]

You know the signs, knots in your stomach, sweaty palms, clammy skin, rapid respirations…. all revolving around your having to speak before a group of people.

Public speaking can be quite intimidating for some, to say the least.

Perhaps it is just your office staff, or maybe you have to present a report to your co-workers.
It [...]

Oh my God! You have to give a speech to an audience of strangers. Speaking in public is up there at the top of most people’s list of things to be avoided at all costs, along with spiders, snakes, dentists and lawyers. But why is it so frightening? After all the audience is on your [...]

The master of ceremonies (also known as “MC”, toastmaster or compere) acts as the host of a meeting and has the responsibility for starting and keeping the event on track. The MC should be impartial and there should exercise a light touch to the part they play.

Although content should be king at any meeting, the [...]

Public Speaking:  3 Tips to Remove Workplace Fears Fears at work are countless:  Public Speaking, fear of conflict, fear of small cubicles, and fear of speaking up. Why are the phobias at work are endless? Why is it that Public Speaking is still on [...]

Like a taser gun shot to the butt a fear of public speaking can send shockwaves through your body that will make you feel disorientated and out of control! It can affect you even months in advance if you know that you have to speak publicly and nothing seems to help or shift it. You [...]

Preparation for public speaking is more than fact-finding or effective writing and then repeating the words by rote to your audience. Learning the more subtle skills like voice control and modulation, paper and equipment handling, posture and presentation, humor and timing, ease and confidence all require preparation.

Preparation techniques for public speaking includes practice, “real” [...]