Fellow speakers, When we give an introduction, it is tempting to give our full bio so we build our credentials in the eyes of our audience. But focusing in on...
Fellow speakers, We don't always have enough time to finish the presentation we planned. This can make us go over the time we have to give our speech,...
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Fellow speakers, When we give a speech, there will normally be a lot of people who sit in back. But since they are sitting in the back, they distance ...
Fellow speakers, When we get onstage and the microphone squeals or we can't be heard by the audience, we lose the audience right at the beginning of our ...
Fellow speakers, If we are in a presentation with an untested microphone, we might find places in the room which are trouble spots and cause the microphone to ...
Fellow Speakers, If we don't test the microphones beforehand, we might have some problems with them when we give our presentations. So we should test our...
Fellow speakers, When we are testing out a microphone, we can't be timid. We need to use our full speaking volume to make sure the mike is up to the ...
Fellow Speakers, Audience participation is a very powerful tool. But we have to make sure our audience knows when and where to participate! So we need to ...
Fellow speakers, If we tell the same story over and over again, it can get boring for our audience. Instead, we can take the same story and tell it from a ...
Fellow speakers, When we speak it is easy to focus on the problems of not doing what we are saying. But we also need to balance this out by mentioning what ...
Fellow Speakers, We want our audience to connect in personally with our stories. If they don't connect in they will tune out and we will lose them. So study...
Fellow speakers, There are many different stories we can tell, but in general stories come in three kinds: - Happened to someone else - Personal - In between...
Fellow Speakers, Visual aids and props don't need to be complex. Some of the most powerful props can be some of the simplest, everyday objects. Even a chair...
Fellow speakers, When we are going to write a speech, we need to have a lot of time ahead of us. Because one minute of speech equals one hour of writing! So...
Fellow speakers, 150 words a minute. That's how fast most of us talk. So this makes it very easy to figure out how long our written speech will be. Just ...
Fellow speakers, Sometimes things can go a little strange on stage! We arrive and things aren't quite set up the right way, or there are some delays in ...
Fellow speakers, Sometimes we stutter in our speaking to others. For some this happens every now and then, for others a lot of the time. While there are no...
Fellow speakers, Sometimes it can be difficult to get our thoughts written down. This is not because we don't have anything to say, but because we don't know...
Fellow speakers, When telling a story which has more than one person talking, don't forget to include the reaction of the speakers to the story. The reactions...
Fellow speakers, When telling a long story (longer than 20 minutes), make sure there are many points throughout the story. In general, every 10 minutes there...
Fellow speakers, Our goal is to bring our audience into our speeches before, during, and after our speeches. To do this, before the speech we can say "You're...
Fellow speakers, Something to keep in mind when we are writing out dialogue in our stories is normal conversation is NOT rhythmic...although we often try to...
Fellow speakers, When writing dialogue for a story, it helps to ask two questions: - What is the emotion of the character in the story? - Does the emotion of...
Fellow speakers, When starting out in building your business, it can be tempting to want to hire a professional copywriter so every promotional material you...
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