The Virtual Orator

  • 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.

  • It’s time again to make New Year’s Resolutions. Whether motivated by improving your career or self-improvement, there are many potential benefits to learning public speaking. Check you some of the reasons why you should make a public speaking resolution this…

  • Trial by Fire is a common method for learning Public Speaking. It’s inefficient, dangerous, and no fun. Improve on the method or change it completely into a Trial by VR.

  • VR is about the experience of being in another place, not how real the graphics look. Find out how Presence really works and what factors are important.

  • Get dry mouth or cotton mouth? Water is the oil that keeps the speakers engine, our voices, running smoothly. Learn how water can improve your speaking.

  • Skeptical that public speaking experiences in VR are realistic? Learn about the research that indicates those experiences are real and that your training in VR will transfer to the real world.

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