Preparing For Your Shortest Speech
Speakers may be called on to deliver an introduction for another speaker and we need to view this as being an opportunity to give a very short speech
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When Giving A Speech Don’t Just Stand There Like A Mannequin!
Speakers who want to be able to connect with their audience need to remember to overcome being nervous and remember to use their bodies during their speech
Is There A Way To Not Forget Your Speech?
Speakers most dread forgetting what they want to say next during a speech but it turns out that there are things that they can do to prevent this
What You Can Learn From A Speech Failure
I’d like to be able to tell you that because of the importance of public speaking, every speech that you give will be a big success. The reality is that this is not the case. In fact, some speeches that you end up giving might even be classified as being a failure. What’s a speaker … Read more
The Stage Is Your Friend
As speakers, we really don’t have all that many tools that we can work with to show the importance of public speaking when we are delivering a speech to an audience. Sure we have our voice and some body language, but is there anything else that we can use to give some impact to our … Read more
Your Shortest Speech
When we are asked to give a speech, we understand the importance of public speaking and so we generally plan on talking for somewhere between 30 and 60 minutes depending on the venue. However, that is not always the case. In fact, there is one type of speech that we may be called on to … Read more
Three Pieces Make A Whole: The Art Of Creating A Speech That Works
When we are asked to give a speech, generally speaking our hearts start to beat just a little bit faster. We’re excited about being asked to share information that we know, and yet at the same time we dread the effort that is going to go into getting ready to give that speech because we … Read more
How To Clear Up A Bad Case Of “The Blanks”
That memory of ours can be a fickle thing. One moment we know exactly what we’re going to say next because we’ve practiced it 100 times, and then the next moment we’re drawing a complete blank – we can’t remember what we wanted to say for the life of us. As a public speaker, this … Read more
The Ultimate Public Speaking Question: What To Speak About?
What’s the first thing that runs through your head when you are asked to give a speech? If you are like most of us it’s something along the lines of “what the heck am I going to speak about?” How to go about picking a speech topic that will keep your audience’s attention and make … Read more