Articles tagged: public speaking blogs

Twice each month, Six Minutes weekend reviews bring you the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

Please share them with anyone you feel would benefit from the tips and techniques.

This review features topics including:

• recently released public speaking books;
• storytelling and details;
• remedies for voice malfunctions;
• handling hecklers;
• thanking the audience;
• cartoons in presentations;
• rehearsal strategies;
• a speech critique of Sir Ken Robinson;
• and more!

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Six Minutes weekend reviews are back for a third year of bringing you the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

This review features topics including:

• speechwriting lessons from Martin Luther King Jr.;
• structuring your presentation logically;
• becoming aware of your voice;
• benefits of a flip chart;
• mistakes with visuals;
• speaker habits;
• stages in a professional speaking career;
• and more!

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Six Minutes weekend reviews are back for a third year of bringing you the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

This review features topics including:

• new public speaking books;
• best and worst communicators of 2009;
• how to tell a story;
• teleprompters;
• moving your audience;
• Toastmasters survey and tips;
• and more!

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On Saturdays, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

This review features topics including:

• cross-culture communication;
• editing your presentation by asking “why?”;
• addressing the elephant in the room;
• pitfalls to presenting with someone else’s slides;
• the growth of Death By PowerPoint;
• how a video camera will help you improve as a speaker; and
• a must-read parody: How the Grinch Spoke at Christmas.

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On Saturdays, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

This review features topics including:

• new public speaking books;
• analysis of a contest-winning humorous speech;
• eye contact and facial expression tips;
• the case for white space;
• wardrobe tips; and
• comics that speakers are sure to enjoy.

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On Saturdays, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

This review features topics including:

• fear of public speaking;
• keeping your audience’s attention;
• storytelling tips;
• facilitating small-group discussions;
• PowerPoint in the classroom; and
• Steve Jobs is human too.

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Looking for public speaking experts on Twitter?

Two years ago, Six Minutes compiled an extensive list of public speaking bloggers.

Now, we’ve enhanced the list to include Twitter accounts for those bloggers.

As of this writing:

• Twitter List — 73 bloggers listed:
  @6minutes/public-speaking-bloggers
• On Six Minutes — 117 blogs listed:
  Public Speaking Blogs

You can follow Six Minutes on Twitter here: @6minutes

On Saturdays, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

This super-sized review features topics including:

• new public speaking books;
• writing a eulogy;
• eye contact vs. eye communication;
• speaking with notes;
• tools for slide color schemes;
• the validity of learning styles (are they a myth?);
• moderating a panel; and
• being successful as an introvert.

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On Saturdays, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

This review features topics including:

• tools for presenting with Twitter;
• pauses to highlight key statements;
• better bullet points;
• Pecha Kucha;
• confidence and charisma;
• gender differences;
• speaking on a panel; and
• energy zappers to avoid.

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On Saturdays, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

This review includes:

• new public speaking books;
• focusing on a single idea;
• limiting the amount of information presented;
• using statistics in a speech;
• the phony speaker’s smile;
• research about bullet slides;
• choosing slide colors; and
• gender issues in public speaking.

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On Saturdays, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

This review features topics including:

• 3-step humor formula;
• how to give an acceptance speech;
• reading a speech;
• chairing a session;
• presenting with visuals;
• public speaking fear;
• introducing a speaker;
• how much to charge for speaking; and
• marketing yourself as a speaker.

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