Cátia Isabel Silva
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When Success Feels Stolen: The Battle Against Impostor Syndrome
“I’m not good enough for this.” “What am I doing here?” “I’ve got everything I have by luck.” “What if they find out I’m not that good?” “I’m a fraud. I don’t know how to do this.” Have any of these thoughts ever crossed your mind? How many times? Having second thoughts or developing a…
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Cracking the Code: Mastering Audience Profiling for Effective Communication
“Know your audience.” How many times have you heard this advice and wondered what it was supposed to mean? To know as much as we can about our audience helps us establish a strategy to reach them more easily. So, what exactly should you know to help you through the preparation process? Keep in mind…
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Voice Analysis – Understanding the report
Having proper and objective feedback is one of the best ways to improve your performance. Virtual Orator offers you a feedback report at the end of your session. It helps you understand how you performed and what’s to work on next. One of the vital points to a good public speaking performance is your voice…
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Projecting confidence – How to create a stage persona
When do you think about a stage persona or alter ego? You probably think about artists – especially musicians. It is pretty common for them to change their real names and create a persona for the public. You can find plenty of outstanding stage personas, like Bob Dylan, Elton John, Lady Gaga, or some more…
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Virtual Orator is more accessible than ever
Since day one, Virtual Orator has constantly been updating and improving to provide you with the best possible experience and ease your road to excellent public speaking. Every feature is thought and designed to make your practice more and more effective. Now, we are taking one more step towards making your practice even more easy…
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How TED talks altered the way we see public speaking
TED talks are now one of the most famous speaking events in the world. Born in 1984, they become a true phenomenon in 2006. It was then, when for the first time, some talks were put online and made accessible to anyone around the world. This phenomenon gave us an interesting perspective – a talk…
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To meet or to email? A question you should be asking
We all have been in meetings from which we leave thinking, “this could have been an email.” We know how frustrating that can be and how it can harm the workflow of our day. Good communicators know the best mediums to use according to their goals. Could it have been an email? Email is, nowadays,…
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How feedback in Virtual Orator helps you improve
Virtual reality is ideal for much more than gaming. It is a powerful training tool that gives the trainees a safe space to make mistakes. The same premise is valid with soft skills, a VR system training is an excellent way of developing them. How? First, and most obviously, it helps you gain confidence through…