Often, there’s a moment just before you speak when your body decides something without consulting you. Your heart rate climbs. Your breathing moves up into your chest and gets shorter. Your mouth dries, your palms go damp, and a part of your mind that has been perfectly reasonable all morning starts listing everything that[…]
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How to Calm Your Nerves Before You Speak
Leadership, Mindfulness, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Jul 31, 2014
How to Overcome Public Speaking Anxiety
Anxiety, Leadership, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking, Storytelling Jul 30, 2014
Search for public speaking anxiety, and you will be buried in advice, most of it variations on the same few tricks: imagine them naked, fix your gaze on a spot at the back of the room and talk to that instead, tell yourself that nobody is really looking at you anyway. None of it works[…]
Dalton Sherman: A Shining Example of How to Own the Stage
Advice, Presentation training, Public Speaking Jul 29, 2014
Dalton Sherman is a prime example of owning the stage. His impressive presentation skills likely stem from effective training and practice. Watching him connect with and inspire an audience through charm, authenticity, and a compelling message is truly remarkable. In just 9 minutes, this young orator captures the hearts and minds of 20,000 adults.[…]
Four Questions Your Audience Is Asking Before You Speak
Leadership, Presentation Skills, Presentation training, Public Speaking, Storytelling Jul 27, 2014
When you stand up to speak, remember that everyone in the room has their own thoughts running through their minds. Some might be thinking about lunch, while others are in the middle of solving a problem left on their desk. Some might be trying to recall where they’ve seen you before. Most of them may[…]
The M Point: Your Moment of Truth Before You Speak
Leadership, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Jul 24, 2014
It usually arrives as a line in an email, or as someone catching you on the way out of a meeting: can you take ten minutes at the leadership session on the fourteenth and tell everyone where the project has got to? You say yes, the date goes in the diary, and something starts[…]
The Best Way to Connect with Your Audience: Give Them SPACE
Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Jul 14, 2014
The best way to connect with your audience is to give them SPACE In our training workshops, participants often express a desire to emulate presenters they admire. Our response is clear: you don’t need to mimic others to become a great presenter. The most impactful speakers are those who embrace their individuality, avoiding templates or[…]
