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October 20, 2022 By Sonja Stetzler

3 Steps to Leading Your Audience on a Presentation Journey

I find it useful to think of my presentations as a JOURNEY where I lead my audiences to new insights

How do we make the presentation journey more concise and deliver just what our audiences want or need? I find it useful to think of my presentations and speeches as a journey where I lead my audiences to insights or ideas that might be new or different from how they’ve previously thought. This analogy helps […]

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September 23, 2021 By Sonja Stetzler

3 Factors to Gain Credibility with your Audience

speaker credibility comes from the audience

Recently I worked with a client who posed an interesting question: “What could she do in to gain credibility with her audience?” Speaker credibility has its roots in Aristotle’s teachings over 2,000 years ago as he wrote about a speaker’s character, otherwise known as ethos. According to Aristotle, a speaker’s character was just as important as […]

Filed Under: Communication Skills, Public Speaking, Speaking Tips Tagged With: Advice for Speakers, audience engagement, credibility with your audience, How Speakers can Connect with their Audience, how to create credibility with your audience, How to Re-Engage Your Audience, presentation tips, speaker credibility, what your audience wants

July 22, 2021 By Sonja Stetzler

6 Ways To Incorporate Story-Worthy Moments Into Your Presentation

Consider the story-worthy moments each day that you can incorporate into your speaking presentation. Vacations and travel seem to be a priority this year as many of us are experiencing a pent-up desire to get out of our homes. Another benefit for traveling is it often provides opportunities to find good stories to support messages […]

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