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by Paul B. Evans - 2006-12-28
Spectacular presenting is not an accident. It's not just going to happen any more than you can pick up a guitar and play it from first strum. Just like an instrument, our speaking and presenting can g...
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by Priyanka T - 2006-12-28
Many believe that to be a leader you must be the one with the right vision, strategies and viewpoints. Everybody should merely listen to you. However reality is far away from this myth. There are 3 re...
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by Naomi Hulbert - 2006-12-27
It is said that public speaking is the number one fear of human beings. People are more afraid of public speaking than they are of dying. That's why writing speeches and presentations - whether for yo...
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by William Cole - 2006-12-27
Can you play at the top of your speaking game on demand? How do you handle the rigors of the high stress professional speaking game? Mental toughness is the ability to thrive on stress and to perform ...
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by William Cole - 2006-12-27
Top performing professional speakers regularly look for help from coaches, gurus, peers, books and other sources. But all the information in the universe won't help if it's not translated into useable...
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by Jennifer Selland - 2006-12-25
This is based on the misconception that somehow certain individuals have the innate ability to stand in front of an audience with no anxiety and give a moving, dynamic speech. The truth is, howe...
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by William Cole - 2006-12-23
Do you avoid giving speeches because the stress drives you up the wall? Do you give speeches, but hate every minute of it? Do you speak well, yet are held back from reaching your potential from the fe...
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by Lillian Bjorseth - 2006-12-23
Recently, I gave a different kind of talk on presentation skills. Periodically, I stepped out of the speaker role and explained why I said or did what I did. ince speaking in front of peop...
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by Paul B. Evans - 2006-12-22
Who and what you are is important. If the audience perceives a conflict between what you say and what you do they'll tune you out.If you speak on goals, then you must be a goal setter. If you speak on...
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by Susan Dugdale - 2006-12-21
For many people one of retirement's biggest hurdles is not what they're going to do afterwards but what they're expected to do on the way. The part of the rite of passage causing all the anxiety is th...
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by Marlene Challis - 2006-12-20
You need to have self-confidence to be an effective public speaker. Enhancing your public speaking skills is never a difficult task.Treat your listeners as your friends and you will not feel any...
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by Marlene Challis - 2006-12-20
Although speaking in public is really a monologue of sorts, this monologue is addressed to a ready, able and receptive audience who wants to learn from you as much as you want to learn from them.Speak...
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by Rosemary Horner - 2006-12-20
The silence is so loud you could hear a pin drop. The last words you have spoken are still an echo in your mind "Do you have any questions? Yet, no one is responding so you rapidly begin to pass out t...
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by Marlene Challis - 2006-12-20
Whether it is for the purpose of show and tell or pitching to a client, public speaking skills is an important necessity in your waking life. There is a way to make public speaking easy to do and less...
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by Paul B. Evans - 2006-12-19
It’s natural to start thinking about getting paid to speak once you have a few successful engagements under your belt. But how do you get started? Here is a fast and easy way to move from free t...
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by Paul B. Evans - 2006-12-19
Public speaking is simple IF you’re focused on the right aspects. Most people don’t. Most would be speakers fill themselves up with “What If…”What if I freeze?What if I ...
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by Priyanka T - 2006-12-19
Congrats -If you are one of the lucky participants who cleared the CAT Exam. However now you must show equal preparation for the Group Discussion and Personal Interview for the IIM's, XLRI, FMS- Delhi...
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by Ana Weber - 2006-12-15
There are thousands of people out there; speakers delivering messages, tools, education, solutions, inventions, programs, methods, money making, relationships, health, travel, etc.What is the reason t...
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by T. Falcon Napier - 2006-12-15
One of the most powerful skills a speaking or training professional can develop is the ability to select and share stories that empower and motivate their audiences -- and our industry has a rich hist...
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by Kristie Lorette - 2006-12-12
The number one fear that most people have is public speaking. More people fear speaking to an audience than death. Isn't that amazing? Some people would rather die than make a speech. That is pretty p...