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Dr. Kristopher J. Blom
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The Outsider Presentation
Presenting to a group of people who are different from you can be an additional cause of anxiety. An all to common outsider presentation today occurs for women, having to present to rooms full of men. Preparation and gaining comfort with these outsider situations can help.
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Practicing Presenting Desktop Apps in VR
Practice presenting in VR with your favorite presentation software. It’s now possible in Virtual Orator, via our Replicated Desktop function. You run your presentation just like normal and see it all in the virtual scenario with an audience and performance feedback afterwards.
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#imprompTuesdays – Your weekly public speaking training
Introducing #imprompTuesdays. Tuesdays are now the day for impromptu public speaking. What? Why? A recent research paper by Mortaji indicates that holding a weekly, low pressure impromptu speech can both significantly reduce fear and at the same time improve skills. That’s great results from just doing a simple, actionable task. It doesn’t take a lot…
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Ready for Mixed Reality Headsets
Virtual Orator now supports another HMD, the newly released Windows Mixed Reality headsets! These headsets make Virtual Orator more portable than ever. A great fit for trainers who spend a lot of time visiting clients.
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The Perfect Coffee Ritual: How to Use Caffeine to Enhance Your Public Speaking Skills
Coffee and public speaking don’t mix, or do they? Caffeine can make speaking much more stressful, but can also help make training more realistic.
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Flipped Camera Tip
A different camera tip, that you’ll actually use! The flipped camera will help you understand how fear is ruling your perception and how to overcome it.
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Why Learn Public Speaking – Career Edition
Why put yourself through the pain of learning to Public Speak? You stand to gain a lot in areas surrounding career. Don’t do it and you have a lot to loss. Learn just how much.
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Corporate Cost of Poor Public Speaking
Poor public speaking in the corporate world is common and costly. Stats collected from various surveys and a calculator for cost of lost productivity (Spoiler: it’s a lot!).
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Idea of the Year Competition
Virtual Orator participated in the 2017 Czech ‘Idea of the Year’ (Napad Roku). We placed 10th and were the only non-Czech speaking idea to place! Find out a bit about our participation.
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Don’t Get Caught with Your Slides Down, have a backup
Even perfect slides are no use when tech fails. Save embarrassment; Save the sale; Save the day. Create a sure-fire backup just in case using this method.
