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Choose your [power] words wisely
Words are powerful, and you should choose them wisely when giving a speech. This is common knowledge, but what does wisely mean exactly? When you decide to go on stage and stand in front of an audience under the spotlight, you want to be heard. A good speaker is inspirational and quickly catches the audience’s…
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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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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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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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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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Why is recording the worst-best public speaking training tool
Recording your presentation and watching it is one of the best training procedures. The idea of rehearsing in front of a mirror is completely outdated, and, honestly, it was never a good idea. When you are performing, you should focus exclusively on the performance. You can’t do this while looking at a mirror, evaluating how…
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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…
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When to say ‘no’? – Not all opportunities are good opportunities
We repeatedly talked about how important your public speaking skills are to evolve in your career, to reach your goals. You know you’ll never be as good as you can be if you do not practice. The best way to be a good communicator is to communicate! Does this mean you should jump in every…
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7 business pitch rules no one tells you about
In these difficult times for the economy, it is more important than ever to be effective in your business pitch. You don’t want to go unprepared. With a quick search, you can find plenty of rules to write the perfect business pitch. Yet, a few are constantly forgotten. We prepared 7 points – many times…
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How to analyze your speaking performance – Part II
In the first part of the post, we focused on your personal delivery. Those are the first things your audience will perceive, but not the only ones. You can be a good speaker with a fascinating performance, but the presentation won’t be successful without a good message. Message Your goal when giving a presentation is…
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