Fellow speakers, When we get focused in on our speech, it is easy to get caught up in all the words we are writing. But if we don't think about the EFFECT we...
Fellow speakers, Every day great ideas come in...and out of our heads. If we don't take the time to write them down, these great ideas are gone forever. So...
Fellow speakers, No speaker is an island...we all need suggestions and thoughts from those around us. Giving speech after speech without asking people what...
Fellow Speakers, If you could create a really great speech, would you take the time to craft the speech so every word and onstage movement was perfectly ...
Fellow Speakers, When we are speaking professionally, we never know how long we will actually be speaking. A request for a half-hour presentation could be...
Fellow speakers, When we begin a speech with a story, we tend to start and end the story at the beginning. But what if we didn't end the story? What if we...
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PowerVoices@yahoogrou...
Mar 7, 2007 11:58 am
Reminder from: PowerVoices Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PowerVoices/cal Free Speakers Teleclass session Wednesday March 7, 2007 12:00 pm - 1:00...
Fellow speakers, It is tempting as speakers to go out onstage and hide behind our visuals: after all, a big PowerPoint presentation says it all, so why not...
Fellow Toastmasters, When we are talking onstage and our mind goes blank, we need to keep calm. Consider these "brain breakowns" "rites of passage" in our ...
Fellow Speakers, If we go over our speech a few times before giving it, we may have a pretty good speech, but we won't have a GREAT speech. Great speeches ...
Fellow speakers, When we are onstage speaking, we don't have time to go over all the details with our audience. We get one shot at making our point. So it...
Fellow speakers, If you are using Power Point or some other presentation tool during your speech, keep some of the lights on during your presentation. If you...
Fellow speakers, When we get onstage, we tend to get so focused on our words that we forget that people are looking at us onstage. So, if we only focus on our...
Fellow speakers, A good speech performance is about writing, rewriting...and praying. You see what happened there? The first two ideas set up a chain of ...
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Mar 14, 2007 10:57 am
Reminder from: PowerVoices Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PowerVoices/cal Free Speakers Teleclass session Wednesday March 14, 2007 12:00 pm - 1:00...
Fellow Speakers, When we want audiences to buy-in to our speech, we want to make sure we get them emotionally. Because buying is an emotional reaction: no ...
... Fellow Speakers, First of all, Reginald, do NOT send any more spam messages to this grouplist, or you will be banned from the list. Second of all...this...
Fellow speakers, The greatest gift we can give to our audience is consistency. If we can come up with a consistent message that they can easily understand and...
Fellow speakers, While we are speaking there is a lot going on around us, there are the speakers before us, comments we overheard from people in our audience, ...
Fellow speakers, When we want to tell a vivid story we tend to talk about what the characters in our story saw and heard, and maybe something about what they...
Fellow speakers, Using humor in our speeches creates an instant bond with our audience. So it helps to work on and develop our sense of humor with our...
Fellow speakers, When we get up and give our longer speeches, the audience may lose their focus or even take a little nap during our speech! To wake them up...
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PowerVoices@yahoogrou...
Mar 20, 2007 4:59 pm
Reminder from: PowerVoices Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PowerVoices/cal Free Speakers Teleclass session Wednesday March 21, 2007 12:00 pm - 1:00...
Fellow speakers, When we are in front of our audience, we want to let the audience know that we understand them and their issues. If we don't make this ...
Fellow speakers, It would be great if every time we gave a speech that everything went well. Unfortunately, things happen: sometimes the microphone isn't on...
Fellow speakers, When we give a speech, we are trying to get across our main point to the audience. But if our main point is complicated and difficult to ...
Fellow speakers, When we give a long speech, it is easy for the audience to get restless, especially if we have come to the "explaining part" of our speech....
Fellow speakers, If we start telling our audience what to do and "talk down" to them, they quickly will stop paying attention to us and our message. Instead,...
Fellow speakers, When we get ready to give a speech, we can get so wrapped up in what we have to say, that we forget about our audience. To make sure our ...
