The Power Of Enthusiasm In A Speech
When we give a speech we want our enthusiasm to be visible to our audience and so we need to do things to let it show
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Using Humor To Educate Your Audience
Speakers who want to educate their audience should consider using humor in their speech to make sure that their audience remembers them
All The World’s A Stage – Are You Using Yours?
As speakers, when we are standing in front of an audience, we are actually pretty naked. All that we have to work with when we are giving our speech are the words that are tumbling out of our mouths, some hand gestures, and perhaps some props that we’ve brought along. That’s pretty much it as … Read more
How To Add Humor To Your Next Speech
The reason that we are willing to give a speech is because we understand the importance of public speaking and we want to be able to connect with our audience. We want the words that we say to change their world. There are a number of different ways to go about doing this and each … Read more
How To Make Humor Work For You In Your Next Speech
The good news is that you’ve been asked to give a speech (trust me on this one, it is good news). The bad news is that the topic that you’ll be talking about is dreadfully boring. Or your audience is an audience that has the world’s shortest attention span no matter what you’ll be talking … Read more
2 Ways To Get Your Audience To DO SOMETHING!
I must confess: I do enjoy hearing myself speak. However, when I give a speech in addition to listening to myself talk, I want to convince my audience to actually do something based on the information that I have shared with them. It’s relatively easy to give a speech; despite the importance of public speaking … Read more
Act Up Or Sit Down!
When I come to hear you speak, no matter if it’s at a departmental project status report or at a local restaurant or even if it was at a convention, the worst thing that you can do is to waste my time. What are you going to do about this? Why So Many Speakers Suck … Read more