You’re sitting down to edit your speech. You’ve selected an interesting topic you’re passionate about. You’ve written your beginning, your supporting points, and your ending. Now, it’s time to dive deeper into the wording of the speech itself. You can have a phenomenal speech structure – that’s the macro level – but if the words you use to
If you consider yourself to be a good leader, do you find that you are frequently asked to speak publicly…sharing your passion and ideas? As a thought leader or expert in your field, you will undoubtedly find that there are many times when you are expected to share your knowledge through speeches and presentations. If you consider
We’ve all experienced it: that dreadfully boring speaker who is either monotonically reading notes or dryly delivering a painfully memorized script. No matter how important the information or the speaker delivering it, this can be excruciating for the audience. Maybe there is too much information to take in. Maybe there was an interesting point that was made but was
In this, the 1st of 6 posts about Making Your Presentation Powerful, we discuss how to organize you speech to make an effective and successful presentation.
Fear and anxiety are typical for first-time speakers. In fact, most professional speakers will admit to coming down with a case of the jitters before they take the podium. (Others won’t admit it, but they do anyway!) This is totally natural – it shows that you are concerned about doing well, and that you want
We all know that storytelling is an incredibly effective way to make a point. You can have all the facts, figures, explanations, charts, descriptions, diagrams, etc., to prove your case, but none of these can hold a candle to storytelling. Sharing an event that happened to you or someone you know helps to personalize the
We’ve talked about the importance of body language and how much more powerful your presentation will be if you use it effectively and purposefully. We work on body language a lot during my public speaking skills workshops. Did you know that your eyes are actually part of your body? Eye contact during your presentation is
When you speak in public, as a keynote speaker, during an executive presentation, or even giving a wedding toast, you must look like you are in control at all times – In control of the words you are using, in control of the clock (don’t go too long or too short) in control of your
You may have heard that communication is 7% verbal, 38% vocal, and 55% visual. So, your speaking voice is an extremely important part of delivering your message when you are speaking in public. Your voice, along with your body language and gesturing, helps to express and enhance your words to fully communicate your message. Your voice will let
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