How to Give a Great Speech

As a former owner of a National Speakers Bureau, I have learned from several thousand professional speakers “How to Give a Great Speech.” Here are some techniques that I share with my coaching clients who want to become paid professional speakers or business professionals who want to deliver masterful presentations.
1. Speak from the [...]

Total Recall: How to Remember Your Speech Without Memorizing

We all fear that moment. You look out on a sea of faces and your mind goes blank. You can’t remember your next point and you wish you could disappear with your memory.
You can avoid blanking out when you know how to maximize your mind.
These tips will help you achieve total recall of your talk:
1. [...]

Problems with the Lecture Format

ALTERNATIVES TO THE LECTURE FORMAT: How often do you use lectures as your sole training technique? Nearly always? Often? It’s not unusual for trainers to use the lecture technique exclusively. After all, this is what we have all seen and are familiar with. The format is easily mastered, and innovation may not seem necessary [...]

The Secret Language of Money

At a number of business seminars and presentations, I passed out an index card and asked each person in the audience to write anonymously a single answer to each of three questions. The three questions are:
1. To me money means _________.
2. My current annual income is _______________.
3. In order to insure happiness and contentment financially, with no more [...]

How to Chair a Meeting

You don’t have to be on a stage to be a public speaker. Your platform may be a meeting room. How you present yourself when chairing a meeting determines whether or not you are perceived as a leader. Here are some tips to keep in mind when it’s your turn to take charge.
Know why you [...]

Rise Above Cattiness

Cattiness is something no one ever wants to be accused of doing. But the reality is, at one time or another you’ve probably engaged in it, and most likely, you’ll do it again. This trait can include any number of unfortunate behaviors from not saying what we really intend to say, to saying [...]

Painless Presentations

Did the “Painless” part of the title get your attention?
Speaking in front of a group ranks with death of a family member and loosing a job when it comes to the emotional toll it takes on some people.
If you are one of those folks who look for any excuse not to give a presentation in [...]

Media Training 101: Mastering the Television Interview

As I travel around the world I always enjoy sampling the media in different countries.
Even if I don’t speak Thai, Bahasa or Mandarin, watching local news services always provides a unique insight into local culture.
I was recently watching a story on a new biotech company on Channel News Asia in Singapore. The story had interviews [...]

Just Say No to PowerPoint: Enough is Enough!

Have you ever been slideswiped? You walk into a meeting and once everyone has arrived, the lights are often dimmed and the show begins. The presenter clicks the mouse again and again, showing you slide after slide until you can take no more. Exasperated, you shut your eyes and doze off. You have just been [...]

Projector Hire – Choosing the Right One for Your Presentation

Calling a projector hire company will often get you confused as they ask:

What lumens do you need? (Lumens is the brightness of the projector)
What resolution do you need? (Resolution is the number of pixels at which the display device does not have to expand or compress the input signal)
What type: install, desktop or portable? (Install [...]