Speakers get comfortable with your audience. With Halloween just around the corner, I am reminded of things that scare us. Generally cited at the top of the list of things we fear is public speaking. After years of working as a communication coach and working with speakers who fear getting in front of an audience […]
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Creative Speakers Use Out-Of-The-Box Visuals
Make a more creative and longer lasting impression with visuals for your presentations. During the last weeks of August, my husband and I embarked on a cycling trip through the southern part of Ireland. This trip had been on our bucket list for about twenty years. With our kids pretty much out on their own […]
Learn How to Track Your Presentation Performance
Speakers can improve performance by tracking elements of their presentation. Years ago when I was employed in a corporate health coaching role, the majority of clients I worked with were seeing me for weight loss. At that time, tracking apps, such as MyFitnessPal, were becoming popular to track performance, caloric intake and exercise habits. I […]
How a Successful Speaker Remembers their Content
6 Speaker Strategies for Speech Memorization In previous posts, I’ve written about content creation. Now we are switching gears to the next part of the speaking preparation process. After you have developed the content of what you want to deliver to your audience, the rehearsal protocol begins. In my experience, it is the most challenging […]
Safe, Secure and Stress-Less Travel for the Professional Speaker
Tips for Professional Speakers on the Road After arriving at my final destination for a speaking engagement in late spring, I walked down to baggage claim, sat on a bench, and input my hotel address in my phone to catch an Uber. I had to go upstairs to “arrivals” to catch my Uber, and in […]
Are your Presentation Slides Distracting Your Audience?
How to Create Presentation Enhancing Slides The Chinese proverb, “A picture is worth a thousand words” is supported by research that has found that a speaker’s message is more memorable, more interesting, more easily understood, and more persuasive (Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning, 2005, New York: Cambridge University Press). If this is true, why do […]