Tag Archives: Speaking Confidently
Dealing with a Difficult Audience
Public speaking involves uncertainty. You can never be sure of how an audience will receive you or your message. There are times when your delivery is powerful but yet still you can’t seem to connect with your audience. As a speaker these kinds of challenges… Continue reading
5 Physical Exercises to Calm Your Nerves Before a Speech
Just before a speech or presentation you may feel very tense and anxious. This is common and it happens to the best of us. However, one way to relax and become focused is through mild physical and mental exercises – often referred to as ‘loosening… Continue reading
Resting Face & The Power of Smile
It takes just a second for people to form a first impression. Seems like an old adage, but it is born out (once again) by new scientific study from New York University. This study revealed that in less than a blink of an eye we… Continue reading
Public Speaking and the Impostor Syndrome
Often, when coaching new students in my public speaking and leadership courses I hear of their hopes and fears related to acquiring these new skills. They often voice absurd absolutes such as: I can’t speak in front of a large crowd I don’t have the… Continue reading
5 Ways to Speak Like a Leader – BetaBoston Article
We are so excited this month to be sharing our public speaking knowledge on Boston.com, one of Boston’s most respected news sources. You can find our article in the BetaBoston.com Global Business Hub section of Boston.com website (a Boston Globe website). The article entitle: “5… Continue reading
The Speech Writing Process A Public Speakers Guide – Part II
Speech writing is often one of the most difficult processes involved in crafting a speech but it needn’t be. Most new public speakers come to my courses, seminars and one on one training with questions relating to writing a speech. There are many questionable speech… Continue reading
The Speech Writing Process A Public Speakers Guide – Part I
Speech writing is often one of the most difficult processes involved in crafting a speech but it needn’t be. Most new speakers come to my courses, seminars and one on one training with questions relating to writing a speech. There are many questionable speech writing… Continue reading
The Courage to Speak
Courage is the willingness to confront life challenges with bravery and confidence. Life challenges are in seemingly endless supply – and for most, public speaking is tops among them. When we examine deeply entrenched and unchallenged speaking anxiety we see it has some very negative… Continue reading
Confident Public Speaking in 5 Easy Steps
Challenge Your Beliefs For many public speaking is an extremely fearful and anxiety producing endeavor. The root of these fears can be many things, but they tend to form into strongly held misguided beliefs. Sadly, they often lead people to erroneous believe they are incapable… Continue reading
Overcome the Fear of Public Speaking
Halloween makes us think of the spooky things that go bump in the nite or fiendish hauntings that rise the hairs on the back of our necks. All manner of ghoulish creatures, hellish haunted houses and terrifying horror films conjure within us a clear state… Continue reading