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How Can Speakers Use Twitter To Make Their Next Speech Even Better?

June 28, 2022 by drjim
Speakers need to learn how Twitter can make their next speech even better

Speakers need to understand that they can’t get their audience to put their phones away so they should start to incorporate Twitter into their speeches

Categories 7 - Change Tags attention, audience, audio, benefits of public speaking, clips, follow up, importance of public speaking, mobile phone, questions, tag line, Toastmasters, Twitter

How Speakers Can Deal With An Audience That Is Distracted

June 21, 2022 by drjim
Speakers need to be able to deal with audiences who are texting or tweeting

Speakers need to realize that part of their audience will always be distracted by phones and laptops and we need to find ways to make this work for us

Categories 6 - Present Tags attention, audience, benefits of public speaking, cell phone, distracted, importance of public speaking, iPhone, laptop, message, social media, Toastmasters

Speaking To Sell

May 24, 2022 by drjim
Speakers can create speeches to sell ideas

Speakers can use their speeches to sell things and ideas to their audience if they know how to create a speech that will sell

Categories 3 - Create Tags adapt, audience, benefits of public speaking, credibility, idea, importance of public speaking, momentum, opinions, risky, sell, selling, Toastmasters

How Speakers Can Use Video To Become Better

April 5, 2022 by drjim
A video recording will show you what your friends won't tell you

Speakers who want to get better need to take the time to record themselves on video so that they can see what they look like to their audience

Categories 7 - Change Tags audience, benefits of public speaking, camera, eye contact, first impressions, headline, importance of public speaking, key point, message, Toastmasters, video, video recording

How To Speak About Controversial Topics

March 15, 2022 by drjim
Talking about sex, religion, or politics can get your audience riled up

Speakers who are thinking about talking about sex, religion, or politics need to take the time to study their topic and their audience

Categories 1 - Plan Tags audience, benefits of public speaking, controversial, damage, importance of public speaking, objective, politics, religion, sex, taboo, Toastmasters

Using A Speech To Sell Something

March 8, 2022 by drjim
It turns out that speakers can use their speech to sell something to their audience

Speakers who want to be able to create a speech that will allow them to sell something to an audience need to understand how such a speech is constructed

Categories 2 - Organize Tags audience, benefits of public speaking, communication strategy, core message, desired response, importance of public speaking, point of difference, reason why, sell, selling, style, Toastmasters, tone

Can Speakers Become Trainers?

March 1, 2022 by drjim
Sure you can give a speech, but can you train an audience?

Speakers who decide that they want to become trainers need to understand that they now need to develop some new skills

Categories 7 - Change Tags adult, audience, benefits of public speaking, corporate, importance of public speaking, listening, skills, speaking, speech, teachers, Toastmasters, train, training

What To Do When You Forget What To Say

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 by drjim
When your train of thought goes off the track, you need to have a plan

A challenge that every speaker faces is that they may forget what they want to say while giving a speech, we need to have ways to recall what we want to say

Categories 6 - Present Tags audience, benefits of public speaking, fast forward, forget, importance of public speaking, memory, notes, pause, rewind, smile, Toastmasters

What To Do When Your Mind Goes Blank

October 19, 2021 by drjim
You thought that you knew what you were going to say…

No speaker ever wants to forget what they were going to say next. However, if this happens to you there are things that you can do to recover

Categories 6 - Present Tags anchor, audience, benefits of public speaking, blank, deep breath, eye contact, forget, importance of public speaking, key phrase, notes, refocus, Toastmasters

Adding Some Passion To Your Next Speech

September 28, 2021 by drjim
Know why you care the next time you give a speech

Speakers need to be able the answer the question “why me” in order to discover their authentic voice and be able to connect with their audience.

Categories 2 - Organize Tags audience, authentic voice, benefits of public speaking, connect, importance of public speaking, motivation, passion, purpose, Toastmasters, why me
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