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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What Time Means To Speakers
Speakers need to understand that the amount of time that they will have may be reduced and so they need to come prepared to make adjustments
How Can Speakers Use Twitter To 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
You Are A Powerful Speaker: Now Show It
Speakers can be powerful speakers. In order to make this happen we need to be aware of how we are talking and make changes to boost our power
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
How A Speaker Can Moderate A Panel Discussion
For some odd and strange reason, people seem to think that just because we can do a good job of giving a speech we’d also be able to moderate a panel discussion. You know what I’m talking about: one of those events where you get a group of people up on a stage and have … Read more
How A Speaker Can Help Others To Become Better
Let’s face it. The world is filled with a lot of people who are not very good speakers. We have a chance to hear these people speak all the time. Since we have become at least comfortable with speaking if not pretty good at it, what all of this means is that because of the … Read more
You Can Give A Dynamic Group Presentation
When we are asked to give a presentation, sometimes it comes with a twist. The twist is that other people have been asked to give the same presentation at the same time. What this means for us is that we are now going to be part of a group presentation and the rules for giving … Read more
Positioning Your Message So People Say Yes
Note: This week’s post has been written by Jeff Tippett. Jeff is an author, owner of a public affairs + communications firm and professional speaker. He’s an expert on persuasive communications. Before we look at some strategies to help you position your message for a favorable response, I encourage you to first look inside yourself. … Read more
Getting Your Speech The Attention That It Deserves
When we create a speech that we’ll be giving, we work hard to make it the best speech possible. We spend time thinking about what points we want to communicate to our audience, we pick the words that we’ll use with care, and we then practice just exactly how we’re going to go about delivering … Read more