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by Jim Peterson - 2007-01-07
Invitational speeches are a special form of persuasive public speaking. You enter into a dialogue with your listeners on a speech topic. Here's how.You share your ideas, beliefs and values. It is not ...
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by Bronwyn Ritchie - 2007-01-07
You have gathered your material for this speech and have played with it, maybe created a mind map of it, and mulled over it so that you were able to create the central message that you want the speech...
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by Rob Colston - 2007-01-07
It's commonly known that many people fear public speaking more than they fear death. The feeling of butterflies-in-the stomach is all too familiar for many, even for the most experienced of speakers....
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by Serena Greenslade - 2007-01-04
A lot of parents worry that their children aren't talking as clearly as they should be and so when they get a chance to send them either to elocution lessons or speech and drama sessions they jump at ...
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by M Collins - 2007-01-03
So your best friend is finally tying the knot and he asked you to be the best man. You get to be the right hand man as he utters his vows, but at the reception all eyes will be on you as you give the ...
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by Frances Saville - 2007-01-03
Giving the Best Man's speech at a wedding. Is that something that fills you with dread, or is it something that you expect to do at some point in your life. What would you do if tomorrow your best fri...
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by Steve McCardell - 2007-01-02
When writing a speech, the general estimate for "words per minute" is 120 to 150. But when I'm hired as a speech writer, I provide 150. That's because a lot of people believe that "more words means mo...
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by Karen Friedman - 2006-12-30
The occasion was the group's rehearsal before a big presentation to the Federal Drug Administration. Given that these men and women are some of the best and brightest in their field, I thought the reh...
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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 Lori Giovannoni - 2006-12-28
How To Connect With Your Audience! Every presentation is a new and different experience determined by your topic, location and audience. Even though your material may be the same, many things w...
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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 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
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 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 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 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 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 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
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...
