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 […]
Speaking Tips
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 […]
Storytelling Tips for the Professional Speaker
Discover the 3 Essential Elements for Effectively using Storytelling in Your Presentation or Speech Key points to consider when including a story in your speech/presentation to make your story more engaging and interesting: 1. Where are you sourcing your stories? Stories can come from all facets of our lives: places we have been, people we […]
How Do You Create Content for Your Speech?
A Road Map to Developing Your Speech One of the areas where many emerging speakers struggle is how to start creating content for a speech, or presentation. There are many steps in the process of developing content for an audience, then verbally delivering it. Let’s start by breaking down the content development process into smaller, […]
Successful Speaker Checklist
The Prepared Speaker’s Checklist With the help of a colleague, Lee Tkachuk, owner of Limitless Speaking Bureau, I put together this checklist of items to ensure your success as a speaker, no matter your level of experience. The more prepared you are with these items, the more professional you will come across to the meeting […]
How a Weekly Win Jar Helps you Achieve and Recognize Your Goals
What’s a Weekly Win Jar? Do you ever feel that your work doesn’t matter? Do you fail to realize the impact you are making in the world? One ritual I started was the Weekly Win jar. At the end of each week during the year, I wrote my most important “win” or accomplishment of the […]