The hardest part about public speaking is the worry. The worry about forgetting your lines. The worry about whether your message will be clear. The worry about what people will think of you. The worry about embarrassing yourself. The worry about getting a tough audience or facing difficult questions. Next time you have a speech […]
Communication
How to Remember Your Speech, Engage Your Audience, and Do a Knockout Presentation
October 19, 1992, age 17 Splitting headache. I didn’t know it yet, but I’d had a stroke. I wouldn’t find out for another 27 hours. While I slept my basilar artery had hemorrhaged. The basilar artery is at the base of the skull and supplies the brain and central nervous system with blood. Over the […]
7 Best Public Speaking Tips You’ll Ever Need
Here are the 7 best public speaking tips that will help calm your nerves and get you through your speech or presentation in one piece. 1. Understand your topic The most essential part of a good speech or presentation is to understand your topic in a deep way. The reason most business presentations are so […]
How to Give a Good Presentation: 4 Tricks for Success
Here’s the thing: The key to success in your presentation is not what you think it is. It’s not designing impressive PowerPoint slides. It’s not memorizing your script word perfect. And it’s not organizing your cue cards. The key factor to the success of your presentation is delivering in a manner that the audience wants […]
How to Do a Presentation Without PowerPoint (5 Do’s and 1 Don’t)
Despite what you might have heard, a presentation without PowerPoint is much better for you and for your audience. Forget all the books trying to convince you that a good presentation is all about slide design. A good presentation is all about the presenter and how they talk to their audience. Here are 5 do’s […]
4-Step World Famous Formula to Keep Your Audience Interested
Here’s a really cool way to make your next presentation more persuasive. Next time you’re preparing a presentation follow the A.I.D.A. formula. A.I.D.A. That’s Attention, Interest, Desire, Action. Attention Start your presentation by saying something that gets the audience’s attention. You have only a few seconds to differentiate yourself from all the other presenters out […]