Articles tagged: public speaking blogs

Every Saturday, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere. Topics featured this week include:

• writing commencement speeches;
• fear of public speaking;
• handling adversarial audience members;
• Toastmasters articles;
• and many more.

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Every Saturday, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere. Topics featured this week include:

• helping your audience remember your key message;
• speaking you need to do before your presentation;
• reducing nervousness;
• arranging a room for a better training environment;
• lessons learned from a story file
• and many more.

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Every Saturday, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

Topics featured this week include:

• using statistics in a presentation;
• persuasive speaking;
• sales presentations;
• humorous sounds;
• choosing the best type of visuals;
• the benefits of gesturing;
• and more…

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Every Saturday, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

Topics featured this week include:

• interviews with public speaking bloggers;
• a new speaking portal;
• audience analysis;
• speechwriting tips;
• PowerPoint cheers and jeers;
• a winning Toastmasters speech; and
• political speech analysis.

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I’m pleased to announce that a new resource for speakers has been created at speaking.alltop.com.

Guy Kawasaki and the team at Alltop enthusiastically took my suggestion and delivered a great resource. It lists the five most recent articles published by a subset of public speaking blogs listed in the the Public Speaking Blogosphere.

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Every Saturday, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

Topics featured this week include:

• the value of videotaping yourself;
• choosing between a slow or fast speech opening;
• using simple language;
• dealing with hecklers;
• choosing appropriate images; and
• a pair of articles examining the three Presidential candidate speeches from last week.

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Every Saturday, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

Topics featured this week include:

• learning from Steve Jobs;
• conferences, charisma, and confidence (3 separate articles);
• speechwriting tips;
• PowerPoint and slide design; and
• Toastmasters tips.

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Every Saturday, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

Topics featured this week include:

• the standard for conference presentations;
• teleprompter (mis)use;
• audience considerations;
• humor tips; and
• PowerPoint advice.

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Every Saturday, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

Topics featured this week include:

• a trio of in-depth article series;
• three articles on introductions;
• marketing yourself as a speaker;
• keys to Toastmasters success; and
• much more!

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Every Saturday, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

This week’s review is a bit different. Since I’m speaking at the District 21 Toastmasters conference this weekend, I’m not around to do the weekly article review. The best articles from the past seven days will be included in next week’s review.

Instead, I’m happy to draw your attention to 13 more public speaking blogs that have been added to the blogosphere list. The set of additions includes blogs with podcasts, video feeds, and all sorts of goodness. I encourage you to check them out.

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Every Saturday, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

Topics featured this week include:

• nonverbal messages;
• visual communication;
• marketing yourself as a speaker;
• professional speaking; and
• much more!

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Every Saturday, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

Topics featured this week include:

• the launch of a Toastmasters article series;
• media training;
• slide design;
• speaking cliches; and
• insight into speaking fees of professional speakers.

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Every Saturday, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

Topics featured this week include:

• how to use a microphone;
• several audio articles;
• expert emcee advice;
• questions to/from the audience; and
• using metaphors in your speech.

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Every Saturday, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

Topics featured this week include:

• the connection between presentation skills and career advancement;
• speech openings and transitions;
• speechwriting and preparation techniques; and
• three articles related to Al Gore.

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Every Saturday, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

Topics featured this week include:

• A timeless lecture from Randy Pausch;
• anticipating problems;
• diffusing speaking fear;
• Toastmasters contests; and
• 7 new public speaking blogs.

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