Stand Up For Yourself
You have a big presentation coming up, but it is not easy preparing yourself for it. Feeling anxious or being nervous before a speech is normal, and it may be written all over your body. Your arms and limbs may shake a little, with shoulders slouched. Perhaps you have your hands tucked away in your […]
Greeting Your Audience
Greeting your audience allows them to join you with full engagement and excitement, from the very start.
Avoid Filler Words and Verbal Tics
When speaking in front of an audience, it can be very easy to fall back on filler words and verbal tics. You probably don’t even know that you are doing it! It’s distracting when a speaker continuously says “um” or “ah” during a presentation. It can even make the speaker sound like s/he’s not sure of […]
Stage Presence: ENGAGE Your Audience
Stage Presence is charisma and charm that pulls the audience into the performance and commands attention. It is a performance skill that enables you to engage your audience. Being passionate and enthusiastic connects the performer with the audience and brings them into the story that is being told; all the while appropriately reflecting their emotion. […]
Managing Audience Perception
By understanding Audience Perception, speakers can adapt their delivery to connect more effectively and ensure their message has the intended impact.
Whom Are You Going To Call?
Using Who or Whom when writing. WHO or WHOM? We all know that there’s a difference between when to use WHO or when to use WHOM. But could you explain what to do? The confusion between who and whom when writing is an issue that many people struggle with. As language evolves, common every day speech is much more forgiving on the usage of […]
Say What You Mean: Opinion and Fact
Opinion and Fact Depend On Audience Express opinion and fact in the correct settings to make your point effectively. For example, when expressing an opinion among friends, instead of saying that something “is the best,” say, “I think it is the best.” Here is where phrases like “I feel,” “I think,” and “I believe” work very […]
Reduce Public Speaking Fear By Connecting With the Audience
GLOSSOPHOBIA: The fear of public speaking We are all looking for ways to reduce public speaking fear! Many people have a fear of public speaking. If you’re one of them, this is good news – you’re not alone! More good news is that there are ways to reduce anxiety while speaking in public. An important way […]
Speech Preparation – Giving a Presentation
Do You Spend More Time Prepping Than Painting? Preparing to communicate effectively means that it will take more time in speech preparation than it will in delivery. This is the answer to today’s subject line. In the painting world, prep time is greater than actual paint time. Remember – prep is extremely important if you […]