#1 Rule of Becoming a Successful Speaker - Be (very) LAZY!

A fresh and witty take on how you and me can become successful speakers, just by avoiding all the hard work. Extremely useful, with several takeway points.

Stephen Colbert vs. John Vine - Treading on the Fine Line of Humor

Humor is a double edge sword. Use it well and be marveled at. Use it badly and be disapproved of. Where exactly is the fine line between being a funny comedian and being an insensitive prick?

How To Speak Passionately And Influence Others

If you want to motivate and inpsire others you must feel comfortable speaking from the source of your own passion. This article will show you why most individuals have a problem with that and what can be done about it.

Answering Audience Questions When Public Speaking

11 tips to help your next question and answer session go swimmingly well

Public Speaking: Does Preparation Help Or Hinder?

Over preparing for a talk may actually block your chances of a delivering a successfully received presentation. Let me tell you why.

How I Conquered My Public Speaking Phobia

As recently as 8 years ago I was absolutely paralyzed by the thought of speaking at conferences. Now most of my career is focused on presenting in front of crowds of hundreds of people and I love it. You can too!

Public Speaking For Executives: Embracing the Challenge

If you're an executive, public speaking is an essential skill. So why do so many executives avoid speaking in public every chance they get? Fear of failure is probably the reason. Communication Expert Aileen Pincus says embrace the challenge public speaking offers and watch your career soar.

Money Talks: How to Build Your Visibility Through Public Speaking

Although many people are uncomfortable with the idea of speaking before a group, it’s a proven method for raising your professional visibility.

Confidence For Speaking In Public

People are more frightened of speaking in public than of dying! This article gives you some useful tips for becoming more confident speaking in front of groups.

Better Speaking By Using the Follow Through

Getting hung up on our own words can hurt the quality of our presentation. The message is what matters! Learn a creative way to remember this, and put it into practice.

Bush Fower Essences to Help Public Presentation

Australian Bush Flower Essences. Just a drop under the tongue, or a thin cover of cream on your skin and you're up for it! The supportive use of natural flower essences is a great one for creatives in the limelight.

The Trouble With PowerPoint

PowerPoint is the most misused tool since the television remote control. Sure, you can flip through 200 channels in under a minute, but should you? And while you can show 50 PowerPoint slides, should you? This article tells you how to prepare a great presentation without misusing PowerPoint (and losing your audience).

Public Speaking Tips: How to Learn to Articulate Clearly

Consonants and vowels are the building blocks of intelligible speech. It's the breath that supports and carries these consonants and vowels to our listeners. If we focus on these three elements of speech-consonants, vowels, breath-we'll have an excellent basis for clear, understandable presentations.

Business Managers Communicate Your Career To The Next Level: 7 Ways To Talk Your Way To The Top

All presenters believe their words are important, and they are. But if you don't give an audience a good reason to listen, they will quickly tune you out. In an age where sound bite is king, cutting through the clutter is more important now than ever.

Receiving Presentation Feedback -- Some of the Ins and Outs

As a speaker, I want to know how I am doing. However, I think that asking for and receiving feedback can be one of the hardest parts of working on our skills that exists.