Rich Watts

I watched a speaker go through the motions last week…and it showed. Speaking with passion is good. Speaking without passion is bad. Your audience can tell […]

At the very heart of communicating to an audience is the objective to get your message across clearly and in the most effective manner. So next […]

Ok, so I went along to my first open mic night on Monday and after ten pretty reasonable musical acts (and a questionable 70 year old […]

I’ve spent this afternoon watching strangers attempt stand up routines on YouTube, looking to identify the elements of successful stand up comedy at open mic nights. […]

I’m currently sat near Heathrow airport watching the planes come in over ahead. I’m estimating it’s one every 45 seconds, if not more. As a person […]

It’s the reason why a parent that tells their child off and explains why what the child has done is wrong will have a more obedient […]

A little bit of inspiration for a Sunday afternoon. Guy with no arms and no legs engages and holds an audience’ attention and gets his message […]

I thought it would be a bit of fun to take a look at the Queen's speech from 2010 and provide an evaluation, Toastmaster's style, on what she did well and what she could do better. After all, it's not like she gets a lot of practice at this public speaking malarkey is it?!

One of the most common misconceptions I come across is that speaking with notes is the sign of a weak public speaker and that we should […]

For everything we learn about public speaking and all that we are taught about so-called 'best practice', is public speaking really as subjective as art?

Later on in their public speaking 'career', is it possible to identify a public speaker that was initially a nervous learner vs. one that was a confident learner?