November 26, 2013
The first question we should be asking when writing a speech or presentation is: what do the audience want to hear? If what they want to […]
November 22, 2013
If the opening line of your speech or presentation doesn’t grab the attention of your audience, you may as well walk out of the room there […]
November 19, 2013
Sometimes we need to speak loudly to be heard. Perhaps it’s the murmurings of a fidgety crowd that we have to overcome, or simply just a […]
November 12, 2013
The voices inside our head often lie to us. They tell us we are fat when we’re thin, ugly when we’re beautiful or wrong when we […]
November 8, 2013
It’s Friday, you’re the last speaker on a long day, the room is hot and stuffy and your audience can almost smell the freedom of the […]
October 29, 2013
Some of us prepare meticulously for every speech and presentation we give. We deliver our speech. Others just know their key points, and improvise around them. […]
October 22, 2013
When we’re sat alone in a room writing a speech or presentation, it’s sometimes tough to tell if we’re getting our point across. The quickest and […]
October 16, 2013
If we’re speaking to persuade, we need to win the hearts AND minds of our audience. The wonderful thing about human beings is that we’re all […]
October 14, 2013
Read this line aloud, without smiling. “Today is a day you will never forget…” Sounds a bit like a threat from a gangster movie, right? Now […]
