How To Connect With A Diverse Audience
Speakers who are asked to speak to a diverse audience need to take the time to learn about their audience and their language in order to be able to connect
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How Speakers Can Deal With An Audience That Is Distracted
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
How Social Media Can Help Us To Become Better Speakers
Speakers who want to create better speeches need to start to use their social media networks to get feedback on their speech ideas
The Art Of Writing A Speech For Someone Else
Many times when I’m talking with speakers they want to know what the next step is. They have been giving speeches for a while and they believe that they understand the importance of public speaking. They have been getting better at connecting with their audience, and although they may still have room for improvement they … Read more
How To Host A Panel Session That Won’t Put Your Audience To Sleep
The next time that you are asked to host a panel session, are you going to be ready? We all understand the importance of public speaking and as speakers what we need to do in order to both grab and then keep the attention of our audience. However, with a panel session, even if you … Read more
Going From Being A Good Speechwriter To Being A Great Speechwriter
If you want to be a good speaker, then you are going to have to deliver good speeches. Good speeches start by being writing well so that we can show people the importance of public speaking. I can only speak for myself, but I’ve never had any formal training in exactly how one should go … Read more
How To Use Social Media To Get More Out Of Your Next Speech
Take it from me: giving a speech is hard work. When you are asked to give a speech, you’ll spend time thinking about what you want to say, you’ll go through multiple versions of creating your speech, and then you’ll actually end up delivering it. Now the reason that you did all of this was … Read more
The Secret To Delivering Bad News So That It Doesn’t Hurt So Much
I wish that I could tell you that every speech that you’ll give will be bright and happy. However, I won’t tell you that because you know as well as I do that life simply is not that way. There will be times that because of the importance of public speaking we are called on … Read more
3 Ways Twitter Can Make Your Next Speech Even Better
All too often when we are starting out a speech we’ll ask our audience to put away their cell phones so that they can pay attention to us. We believe in the importance of public speaking and so we don’t want our audience to be distracted by Facebook and Twitter, we want them to be … Read more
How Using Social Media Can Make You A Better Public Speaker
If you ask a professional speaker who knows about the importance of public speaking what the best way to become a better public speaker is, I’d be willing to bet you that they’ll tell you “practice, practice, practice”. Now, that’s all good and such, but we’re living in the 21st Century, if we don’t have … Read more