How To Create Speeches That Will Stick With Your Audience

The reason that we give presentations is because we want to be remembered

Let’s all agree on one thing: giving a speech is not an easy thing to do! There is the planning, the writing, the practice and then the delivery. As long as we are going to be going to the effort to deliver a speech, the one thing that we all want to achieve is to … Read more

The Art Of Correctly Researching A Speech

When you are creating a speech, where does your content come from? I’ll go along with the thought that a lot of it comes from you – your views on the world, your experiences, your hopes and dreams. However, what about all of the other stuff? The parts of your speech that support all of … Read more

3 Ways That A Speaker Can Be Remembered

I’m a bit hesitant about sharing this piece of information that I’ve stumbled across with you. It turns out that a long time ago (1885), researchers discovered that when you tell someone something, despite the importance of public speaking, 70% of them will forget what you told them within one day. It gets even worse: … Read more

Speaker Tools: 3 Ways to Use Prezi Big Pictures to Make a Big Impression

    Editor’s Note: The following article (with a few edits by me!) comes via Jim Harvey is a presentation skills coach and blogger based in the U.K. Jim’s nuts about the prezi tool presentation tool and he’s going to tell you how you can use it to make your next presentation better…   A … Read more