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Cátia Isabel Silva
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Stand-up Comedy is Some Serious Public Speaking
Do you like to listen to stand-up comedians? People are more than happy to sit for 1 hour or more in a chair listening to someone talking and even pay for it. However, invite them for a formal speech, and they will be less than excited… Sure, the comedic tone helps, but there is more…
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Creating SMART public speaking goals
Speaking in a thousand venues can be the dream, but without a precise goal, it may feel a bit empty to you. Did you improve? Were you better than last time? Better in what exactly? You may feel disappointed when you are not sure whether you improved or not. That’s why you need to define…
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Bingo Game: Speaking in a meeting
Bingo Night used to be quite popular among our elderly, but you can make this game not only fun again but also helpful for your speaking challenges. We had previously shared with you a couple of bingo cards to help you overcome your fear of public speaking or make networking tasks more fun. Now, it…
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Traumatic Memories: how do they impact your ability to shine?
When speaking in public, you feel incredibly vulnerable because you are too exposed. Many anthropologists have theories about that discomfort and its relationship with being apart from the group. In other words, far from the safety of the group. Yet, some of us seem to deal better with it, while others can reach the anxiety…
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Channel Supervillains to improve your public speaking
Supervillains are those evil characters who only exist to make superheroes’ life really hard. Have you noticed that they are all excellent speakers? They are charismatic like no other character in the story, and they catch the audience’s attention, despite being the bad guys. Why does this happen? More importantly, what can you learn from…
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The Power of Kindness: A Solution to Public Speaking Anxiety
We all, eventually, suffer from anxiety in at least one situation in our life. The answer? Be kind. Kindness has been shown to have an effect in decreasing your anxiety levels. Public speaking is the activity the majority of people fear the most, and it has high levels of stress and anxiety associated with it.…
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Public Speaking: The Skill Your Students Need to Succeed in the Future
Speaking in public is an important skill and, yet, a hard one to master. It needs training and effort, but most of us are too scared to take the necessary steps to improve. Virtual Orator was born from the need to have access to actual practice in public speaking. 75% of the general population reports…
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Public Speaking Bingo: Enhance Skills Through Play
Everything is easier to learn when you do it by playing. This is quite obvious for kids, but we sometimes forget that it is valid for us too. Public Speaking can be terrifying, and adding a little extra incentive might come in handy. Due to the success of our networking bingo card, we decided to…
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Creating routines: give yourself momentum before presentations
Many people have rituals – or routines – before doing something important in their lives. They often think about it as something to give them luck, but in fact, those rituals provide them with momentum. If you have an important presentation, you must create this momentum to be at the top of your game when…
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Why Negative Feelings Linger: The unwanted Power of Rumination
When you have an outstanding performance and everybody loves it, you feel delighted and can’t stop talking about it for weeks. On the other hand, when something goes terribly wrong, you’ll remember it for years. You’ll be in your old age and still remember that day you were terrible at doing something. Having acknowledged that…