Anxiety in Public Speaking

“I can’t believe I agreed to do this speech. Look at all those people out there! My knees are shaking, and my stomach feels like I just went over the top of a roller coaster. My heart is beating so fast and hard my tie is jumping. I just want to scream and run away!”

How to Become a Successful Public Speaker?

Being a speaker is a challenging and rewarding profession. But speaker is not really a profession you go to college for and learn it from the ground up.

How to Become a More Entertaining Speaker

How to inform and entertain your audience...

Read This Article If You Want to Give the Best Presentation of Your Life

By giving the best presentation of your life you will expand your skills and abilities in public speaking. The expectations you have of yourself will be increased. Your progress towards greater confidence, a broader network base and a widened field of potential clients will be realized. Winners stand out from the pack. They are looked up to and people who are looked up to become leaders. You will be viewed as a leader. People follow leaders.

Read this Article if You are Scared of Public Speaking

They say the some people’s biggest fear is public speaking and that they would rather drown. In fact it ranks up with being burned to death and falling to your death. This is a known fact of psychologists that over 90% of humans are afraid of public speaking and would rather die than to get up in front of a crowd. Indeed, this is an interesting phenomenon.

Speech Rate Too Fast? Tips to Slow Down

A rapid rate of speech can result in poor comprehension by a listener. In sales that is particularly dangerous.

Who's Gonna Book You?

Have you ever wondered how some speakers get all those paid engagements? How do bureaus work? Can you get an agent? How do others do it?

When Speakers' Bureaus Don't Call

Have you systematized the booking process? What do you do to get your telephone to ring? Do you have web traffic to your site inviting you to speak? Read on to see what you can do to attract speaking engagements!

Should You Hire a Booking Agent?

Is it time to hire a booking agent? Ask yourself the readiness questions?

Present Like a PRO - Ten Ways to WOW Your Audience!

This article is a condensed version of Alan Cutler’s ebook in which he explains to inexperienced speakers, trainers and presenters the ‘Ten Ways to WOW Your Audience’, and includes a host of tips and advice from a professional speaker himself.

Public Speaking: From Trainer to Speaker - A World of Difference

A lot professional speakers come from a background in training, it’s a natural route, but there are more differences than similarities between the two. Professional Speaker Rikki Arundel has made the transition and although both involve speaking to groups, demonstrates that both require us to master entirely different skills.

7 Powerful Tips To Overcome Stage Fright And Instantly Improve Your Public Speaking Skills

Learn how to turn your stage fright into a feeling of balance that will allow you to speak in public and feel comfortable while doing it.

Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking

Apart from the distressing physical reactions to extreme stress, fear of public speaking can destroy people's careers and permanently damage their self esteem. The key to overcoming this debilitating fear lies not in the preparation and delivery but in the content of the speech.

Advice for Speakers and Presenters: 7 Ways to Turn a Free Gig Into a Financial Windfall

You’ve been asked to speak for an audience. However, the event organizer or meeting planner tells you they can’t pay you. Your heart sinks knowing that speaking for free will cost you in the long run. Although a free gig can eat into your bottom line, you don’t need to refuse it altogether. Here are some tips for ensuring that you rake in the cash even if you’re speaking for free.

Public Speaking: Getting the Room Set-up Right

Hotel banqueting departments seem to have a fixed policy of a few standard room set-up arrangements and no matter what you ask for they seem to give you the standard room set up that is nearest to what you ask for. How the room is arranged can make or break your seminar or meeting so here are a few tips on how to be more creative.