How to become a good speaker

Part of presenting is delivering your talk; this is called speaking. Many presenters write great content, design excellent slides, but don’t speak well. As a result, they don’t get the results they want. They don’t sell their product or service or they don’t get approval for their project. Moreover, they are seen as ineffective.

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September 21st, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Delivery | %COMMENTS('Leave a comment', 'One comment', '% comments', 'Comments are closed')%

August, 2009 Resource of the Month-SpeakStrong

Meryl Runion’s SpeakStrong site is full of resources to help you with speaking, both publicly and privately. Her articles are excellent. A couple that I found useful were “Take the Time to Say It Right” and “10 Tips to Speak Strong at a Trade Show.”

Her blog often offers PowerPhrase and PoisonPhrase examples and [...]

August 24th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: Delivery | %COMMENTS('Leave a comment', 'One comment', '% comments', 'Comments are closed')%

For a professional image: Say good-bye to filler words and hello to eye contact

Do you strive to look, sound, and perform your best when you present?

Say good-by to filler words

When you’re at an event where several people speak, you’ll notice that some people sprinkle their talk with filler words, especially “uh.” By contrast, those who speak without filler words sound polished and eloquent. I’ve noticed [...]

June 30th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Delivery | %COMMENTS('Leave a comment', 'One comment', '% comments', 'Comments are closed')%