The Virtual Orator

  • Poor public speaking in the corporate world is common and costly. Stats collected from various surveys and a calculator for cost of lost productivity (Spoiler: it’s a lot!).

  • Virtual Orator participated in the 2017 Czech ‘Idea of the Year’ (Napad Roku). We placed 10th and were the only non-Czech speaking idea to place! Find out a bit about our participation.

  • Even perfect slides are no use when tech fails. Save embarrassment; Save the sale; Save the day. Create a sure-fire backup just in case using this method.

  • Embarrassment and social discomfort happen in public speaking. Get comfortable being uncomfortable with these different ways to train.

  • Randomly give your presentation in a coffee shop as preparation? Extreme, but a sound principle. Get comfortable being uncomfortable to improve your public speaking.

  • What’s the easiest way to identify an inexperienced public speaker? fear reaction to distractions. Inexperienced speakers tend to get tripped up by minor distractions. Being aware and prepared to handle distractions can help.

  • Announcing our new Affiliated Trainer status program. Designed to deepen our relationship with training companies and independent trainers and bring the benefits of Virtual Orator to more people.

  • Read a short text about speaking anxiety and reduce your fear? Seems too good to be true, but recent research suggests it can if crafted according to inoculation theory.

  • The inspiration for creating Virtual Orator was the trials by fire that our CEO experienced in learning public speaking. He relates his experiences in the hopes you’ll choose to avoid the trail by fire learning method.

  • Your ‘shot of courage’ might really be a ‘shot of continuing fear’. New research suggests alcohol may keep you from overcoming your fear of public speaking.

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