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As public speakers we all know that a good introduction can make or break a speech. It turns out that having a good introduction for ourselves when we are meeting people who might like to have us give a speech is also important. The secret to making a great first impression is to have a … Read more
When we give a speech, one of our goals for giving the speech is to find a way to use the importance of public speaking to convince our audience about something. In order to sway their opinion, we often go looking for data that will support the point that we are trying to make. Although … Read more
For some odd reason, technical people seem to have a deep set fear of speaking in pubic. Now I’m a technical person, so I feel a personal linkage to this issue. Where does this problem come from? I think that the problem originates from the fact that people who have dived into a technical field … Read more
Speakers often get called on to talk about life changing events that have happened to them. One very common event that we can talk about is when we have been involved in an accident. These types of speeches can be compelling and can draw a large audience. You just have to know how to to … Read more
As speakers we can be asked to talk about almost any topic. One interesting topic that has become a subject of many presentations over the past few years has to do with wrongful death suits and all of the details involved with them. On a yearly basis, over 250,000 deaths are reported in the U.S … Read more
As public speakers we need to understand how to communicate in a number of different situations. If we happen to find ourselves being arrested, this could be one of the most important communication challenges that you’ll ever face. Once arrested, your goal will be to get out of jail as quickly as possible and that … Read more
It takes a lot of effort to create a speech. You have to write it, practice it, and eventually deliver it. As long as we are going to all of this effort and because of the importance of public speaking, it sure seems as though we should also be trying to find ways to grab … Read more
How good of yeller are you? I mean, if you were giving a speech in a really big room that was crowded with people, could you yell your speech loud enough to make sure that even the people in the back could hear what you were saying? If you are like me, you might be … Read more
As speakers, every time that we deliver a speech, we’d like to be able to use the importance of public speaking to draw our audience into our speech. We’d like to make it so that they experience what we are telling them. A great way to make this happen is to include stories in our … Read more
Don’t get me wrong – data is a wonderful thing. However, as speakers we need to be very careful when we encounter data that we want to share with our audience. It can be too easy to just back the truck up and dump a lot of facts and figures onto our audience with the … Read more