As you struggle to improve your public speaking skills, you have probably been frustrated.
Frustrated… by nerves that never go away.
Frustrated… by audience questions that trip you up.
Frustrated… by the process of skills improvement which is more evolutionary than revolutionary.
In this article, we learn how to end the frustration by learning to love the process. We draw five speaking lessons from an extremely unlikely source: a motivational hooping video.
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As presenters, we know the importance of focusing on the information and emotional needs of our audience:
What is relevant to them?
What do they already know?
How do they feel about our topic?
When I recently spoke at two conferences in Africa, I discovered that there is another, more fundamental layer of audience needs to consider as well.
In this article, I will share the lessons I learned about basic communication issues when speaking to a culturally distinct audience.
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What do you do when you prefer not to use a lectern, but its use is implied by the nature of your speaking engagement?
Do you follow convention and stand behind it?
Or, do you go with your gut and break free?
Most speakers begin their careers gratefully clutching the sides of a lectern, happy to hide behind it for that little extra bit of security in a tense situation. But, by now you know that you should not stay behind the lectern. But why?
And as you get more advanced in your speaking, and comfortable with the stage, how should you move in relation to the audience?
Is it a good idea to move deep into the audience or not? What about those situations where it seems awkward to get to the audience at all, either because of the logistics of the room or the positioning of your listeners?
If your family is like mine, Christmas fever is starting to strike. Decorations are going up around the neighborhood, and every day brings new ads for holiday sales.
If you are anything like me, your Christmas wish list includes an item or two to feed your speaking hobby or career.
Last year, Six Minutes provided dozens of Christmas ideas for the speaker in your life (or you!). By popular demand, we’re doing it again.
On Saturdays, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.
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Many speakers are guilty of making faulty assumptions about their presentations, and their ability to deliver them well. Sometimes even seasoned speaking professionals like me fall victim to this behavior.
How about you?
In this article, you will learn:
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