Cátia Isabel Silva
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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: improve Skills Through Play
Find motivation and learn by playing. Know our Public Speaking Bingo card proposal and some tips on how to build your own.
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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…
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Mastering the Clock: 9 Time Management Tips for your Presentations
Guests and fish may stink after 3 days, but presentations start to stink already when they go over by more than 1 minute. If you want to be an impactful speaker and leave your audience wanting to hear more from you, you must make them feel appreciated. The most fundamental form of this is respecting…
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Storytelling: what can you learn from fairy tales?
A good story can ignite an audience’s interest. The art of telling a story is one of the most appreciated in the public speaking world. Telling stories is an ancient form of connection. The oldest tales (and most famous ones) are the so-called fairy tales. We all listened to them when we were children. They…
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The Role of Mood in Public Speaking: 6 Strategies for Success
You can’t avoid being in a bad mood. It is an inevitability of life. It can ruin your day, end your productivity, and worse… it can happen on the day of your most important presentation. Do not panic yet! Let’s take a look on how to understand and control it. There are situations you can…
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The Surprising impact of VR on Education
The use of Virtual Reality in the learning process is not exactly new, and it is mainly associated with professional training. While VR tech was expensive, the justification was often training dangerous tasks safely. However, with more extensive access to the hardware and the increasing amount of technology entering the classrooms, VR is now an…
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Slides: 5 things you are getting wrong about them
Slides are a widespread tool for speakers of all kinds, and yet, they are still one of the most misused and misunderstood tools. Used in all sorts of presentations, their goal is frequently forgotten. Here are 5 things you’re getting wrong about your slides. 1. Slides are a memory auxiliary Many speakers tend to use…
