Use A Pause To Make Your Next Speech Even Better
Speakers need to understand that by adding periods of silence to their next speech they can do a better job of holding on to their audience’s attention
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Using Pauses To Boost The Humor In Your Next Speech
Speakers who want to make their next speech be even funnier can learn to add pauses with their words to make the humor have more punch
When Speaking, Sometimes It’s What You Don’t Say That Matters Most
As people who give speeches and who know about the importance of public speaking, you wouldn’t think that we’d all be scared of the same thing, but by in large we are. It turns out that people who talk a lot are more often than not scared of the same thing: silence. We just hate … Read more
Sometimes Waiting Makes You Sound Funnier
When I give a speech, at the right spots in my speech I would like my audience to laugh. I must confess to never being quite sure how best to go about making this happen. I have spent a great deal of time studying how to add humor to a speech, but my attempts to … Read more
Handling Hecklers: 5 Ways That Presenters Can Restore Order
How does that children’s rhyme go? “Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me”. Bull! If there is one thing that presenters dread more than forgetting their lines, it’s having someone add to their speech without an invitation. Unlike President Obama we don’t have a flock of Secret Service agents … Read more
Hey Speaker – It’s Tool Time!
When you find yourself giving a speech, you quickly realize that what you are missing is any sort of tools with which to give the speech. If you were a painter, you’d have a canvas, brushes, paints, thinners, etc. with which to make your creation. However, when you are giving a speech it’s just you … Read more