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 [...]
The note just came in your inbox. You will be giving your first speech next week. Fear grips you as you contemplate the situation. You haven’t given a speech since high school and now you will be facing a live audience that wants to know who you are and what you are all about. You [...]
I put up a post yesterday about reading a speech. My advice was not to do it, unless it was absolutely necessary. Most of the speeches that I have seen that have been read are flat, lifeless and boring. That was until yesterday… My book editor and blogging friend, Sarah McGaugh, gave a masterful reading [...]
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. [...]
As a speaker I’m often asked to share with an audience with just a few minutes notice. It may be that the speaker for the event can’t make it, or someone is out sick. Other times, I may need to speak about a job related subject, or something I’ve blogged about. While I usually have [...]
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 [...]
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