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As speakers, you’d hope that we’d always be looking for ways to boost our speaking skills. However, it turns out that all too often this is not the case. The can be many reasons, but the end result is the same: we reach a given level in our speaking and then we just “hold” there. … Read more
Dr. Jim Anderson shows how a speaker can memorize a speech of any length. Dr. Anderson reveals the techniques that he uses to both memorize and recall a speech. He then goes on and presents a real-world example of how a speech could be memorized and recalled. To get more tips and techniques for creating … Read more
Why do you give speeches? I suspect that like most of us, the reasons vary; however, there is probably a common thread running through most of them – you want to lead your audience to take some form of action. In order to convince our audiences to follow us, we need to use words that … Read more
Dr. Jim Anderson shares 3 web sites that allow a presenter to create images that will make his / her PowerPoint slides much more fun. Dr. Anderson visits each of the three web sites and shows exactly how they can be used to create custom images that can be used to personalize your next … Read more
All that I’m asking for is some simple rules that would govern our lives. Among these rules would this little gem: I’ve got no problem having to deal with being nervous as a beginning speaker; however, once I’ve been speaking for a while I should no longer have any problems with nerves. Dang it – … Read more
Dr. Jim Anderson explains how he went about creating a keynote speech for a college graduation. Dr. Anderson covers the 10 steps that you need to do in order to create a keynote speech that will win the hearts and minds of your audience every time! To get more tips and techniques for creating and … Read more
A little while back I went out to the movie theater and saw the movie “Transformers 3: Dark Of The Moon”. If you are hoping for a movie review, I’m afraid that I’m going to end up disappointing you. However, it turns out that this movie has a lot of lessons for speakers if you … Read more
So we all know that humor is one of a speaker’s most powerful tools. However, just exactly how best to use this tricky beast is something that we all continue to struggle with. What we’d like to be able to do is to present our audiences with fresh humor that everyone finds funny; however, not … Read more
Are you ready to kick your speaking skills up to the next level? If you are, then do you know how to become better? If you are thinking that you need to get one of those “fancy word of the day” calendars to practice with, that’s not going to do it. In fact, the secret … Read more
So what makes a speech a really good speech? Is it that you are “on fire” when you deliver it? Does your audience need to be “in the mood” to hear what you are going to tell them? Or is the magic of the words that you’ve put together that will allow you to connect … Read more