Personal Development Plan for Success
We have all been there, the after lunch presentation that takes two hours, has 500 bullet points, and puts the most well intentioned person to sleep. Yet year after year, the standard Powerpoint snooze-fest continues. People keep filling slides with bullets in ever smaller font sizes and stand in front of everybody and read the [...]
One of the first things you’ll learn in Toastmasters is that you should never read your speech to your audience. Never! Never ever! Never except when there is no other way. Never except when your employer insists on it. Never unless you are being quoted word for word. Never unless you are speaking at a [...]
What? You always tell me what’s wrong. You tell me what he did or she did. You tell me what time it is and what I should be doing right now… Tell, Tell, Tell. I’m tired of you telling me stuff!!! Instead, when you are speaking or writing, I want you to show me stuff. [...]
If you are a speaker, you know the value of eye contact. It helps you develop rapport with your audience and gives them a sense of connection with you. There are many techniques for developing good eye contact but one of the easiest and best is very simple… Look at the person and make a [...]
Here is a simple mantra that can help you laser focus your next speech or presentation. It actually works best to act it out. Here is how it works… Stand facing a mirror and… 1: Touch Your Head: Make Them Think. The first rule of speaking is to offer compelling facts and figures that will [...]
I’ve been speaking to audiences for years and the one thing that is a must is to stay engaged with your audience. You can’t turn your back, or read from a screen and maintain their attention. Yet most presenters use Powerpoint and read from the screen. Depending on the room, their eyes may not make [...]
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