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Category: Craft of Public Speaking
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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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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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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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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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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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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…
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9 things that are alienating your audience
You prepared this fantastic presentation. You have everything ready, and yet… your audience isn’t engaging. Why? It is a fact that some audiences are particularly difficult, but it is the speaker’s job to find a way to reach them. In fact, most of the time, if the audience isn’t engaging, it is because you’re doing…
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6 questions you must ask to prepare a better speech
Having your audience profile is essential to adapt your presentation to who they are and what they’re expecting from you. It is not always that easy, though. The audience can be too heterogeneous, or you could not have that much information about them. So many variables can make your job harder. There will never be…
