Becoming-Larger-Than-Life.txt
Becoming Larger Than Life
To say that there is no ego in a person who does public speaking regularly or for a living would be clearly a false statement. But for those of us who only speak from time to time, when you see a speaker who can walk out in a room of 30 people or a auditorium of 3000 an...
Create-a-Problem-and-Then-Solve-It.txt
Create a Problem and Then Solve It
How well your presentation goes the next time you step up to a podium depends on several factors. But one factor you can control completely is your script. The way you organize your content and how you present the material to that crowd can either totally capt...
Deer-in-the-Headlights.txt
Deer in the Headlights
People who make their living researching what frightens people the most have made a pretty amazing discovery. Consistently when people list the top five things they are afraid of in life, they have are some pretty intimidating terrors. But you would think that death would...
Don_t-Fear-the-Pause.txt
Don't Fear the Pause
If you listen to experienced speakers, it's easy to see some real differences in how they step through their presentation than maybe how you go about giving a talk when you are called upon to speak in public. But it is a good exercise to use every opportunity to listen to di...
Effectively-Using-PowerPoint.txt
Effectively Using PowerPoint
The software application PowerPoint has been a revolution in public speaking particularly in the business world. PowerPoint is easy to use, available with almost every implementation of the Microsoft Office suite and it's reliable. If you can use Microsoft Word, you ...
Give-Them-a-Bit-of-You.txt
Give Them a Bit of You
There is a good reason that public speaking is a superior method of presenting material to a group than just faxing your text over and letting them read it. Yes, part of that reason is that by stepping through the talk, you can make sure they "get it". But the most import...
How-to-Write-a-Speech.txt
How to Write a Speech
You cannot excel at public speaking without a good speech. If you are asked to give a speech or its required for work or school, you know that when you stand up there to give that presentation, you are going to have to have a well organized outline and content to get throug...
If-you-Like-Them,-They-Will-Like-You.txt
If you Like Them, They Will Like You
When you see experienced public speakers, sometimes it seems they can cast a spell on an audience. You as an audience member know what that spell feels like. And one of the first evidences that this public speaker was going to keep this audience in the palm ...
Illustrate, Illustrate Illustrate.txt
Illustrate, Illustrate Illustrate
When a speaker loses an audience, too often it is a mystery to him. But for the audience, it is not a mystery. The simple fact is that many speeches we listen to spend a lot of time in some theory or idea. And we as humans have trouble focusing on an abstract ...
Its-all-in-the-Voice.txt
It's all in the Voice
Maybe one of the most common occurrences that happens in a public speaking situation is to see someone in the audience go to sleep on you. When you are the one going to sleep, you just hope the speaker doesn�t notice. But when you are the speaker, you know that you do noti...
Maintaining-Focus-in-Public-Speaking.txt
Maintaining Focus in Public Speaking
A public speaking situation can be intimidating for even the most seasoned of public speaking professionals. That is because when speaking to a live audience, you really never know what is going to happen. Never mind the freak occurrences of problems with th...
Making-a-Living-as-a-Public-Speaker.txt
Making a Living as a Public Speaker
The wonderful dearly departed comic Chris Farley had a character that was a professional motivational speaker. That character was Matt Foley and he was an absolute mess. His speaking style was painful and destructive and he lived (say it with me) in a van dow...
Marketing-by-not-Marketing.txt
Marketing by not Marketing
Many times local civic organizations look for experts from various businesses to come and give a presentation about your area of skill. The Elks, Rotary and Kiwanis are just a few who are always on the look for good public speakers to address their groups. So if you g...
Public-Speaking-Means-Never-Saying-I_m-Sorry.txt
Public Speaking Means Never Saying "I'm Sorry"
In the romantic movie, "Love Story", a phrase about love was introduced that went, "Love means never having to say your sorry". And while anyone who is married knows how untrue that is, we could easily adapt that concept to the world of public speak...
Public-Speaking-Quirks.txt
Public Speaking Quirks
We all have our little vocal style that makes us unique. How often have you heard someone make a remark about how interesting it is the way you phrase things? We learn the way we speak from our parents and our mentors growing up. So if you ever listened to yourself speak,...
Put-Some-Snap-Into-It.txt
Put Some Snap Into It.
The difference between a public speaking presentation that bores you to tears and one that leaves you with a smile on your face and thinking about that presentation is often not the content but the style of the speaker. You can take the same exact written talk and give it ...
Reading-to-an-Audience.txt
Reading to an Audience
Public speaking is counterintuitive. That is to say what your intuition tells you is a good thing is not always the truth. And what your instincts say not to do is often the best thing to do. Your natural inner voice when you find out you have to do a public presentation...
Shooting-From-the-Hip.txt
Shooting From the Hip
There is a style of public speaking that absolutely terrifies a lot of people. But when you see a public speaker speak extemporaneously, it is one of the most relaxed and easy to digest forms of public presentation it is. Now, to drop the fifty cent word, to speak extempor...
Tell-Them-Something-They-Don_t-Know.txt
Tell Them Something They Don't Know
When an author is trying to come up with a topic for his next story or novel, the old pros in the writing came will always give him the same advice. "Write about what you know." That is because if you speak from your own area of expertise, you will speak with...
The-Greatest-Public-Speaking-Secret-of-them-All.txt
The Greatest Public Speaking Secret of them All
Any guide to success in an endeavor will tell you that there is no magic formula to success. But in a lot of fields of endeavor, there seem to be "insider secrets". And taking on the challenge of becoming a truly great public speaker is a noble am...
What_s-Your-Problem.txt
What's Your Problem?
How you approach that moment when you stand up to give a speech depends a lot on why you are giving the presentation. Now we are not talking about the fact that you have to give the speech to pass your general education speech class in junior college or that your boss is mak...
When-Things-Don_t-Go-as-Planned.txt
When Things Don't Go as Planned
One of the greatest fears we face when speak in front of a crowd is also one of it's greatest rewards. Public speaking is a totally live event. And that means that anything can happen and just about anything could happen in the middle of your presentation. So to...
Where-to-Look-When-You-Speak.txt
Where to Look When You Speak
When you are giving a presentation or speech, your body language and how you hold yourself in front of a crowd speaks to them as much as your words do. And part of not begin nervous in front of people when you are doing public speaking is not "acting" nervous. If yo...