A potato? Jim writes ... Bored audiences will get up and walk out of your speeches. How would you keep the attention of 400+ engineers who were attending an industry dinner event that they didn’t really want to be at on a weekday evening? I recently had the opportunity to be the master of ceremonies at […]
Sue Shellenbarger asks: Are things you need to get done falling between the cracks? Does taking an entire day off seem impossible? Maybe you need a time-management system. and provides an analysis of 3 different popular time management systems that you could use.
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From Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson ... I often think the presenter would be more compelling if he would ditch the presentation software and just speak. Because of this, I’ve even thought of outlawing presentation software in our company. But alas, It has become a staple of corporate life. It is the ubiquitous prop that […]
PREPARATION and practice – that's the 2Ps approach advocated by trainer Faridah Khalid for overcoming stage fright in a public-speaking competition. “There are no shortcuts to overcoming stage fright. You need to prepare and practise,” she told participants of the English-Speaking Union Malaysia (Esum)-The Star-HSBC Public Speaking Competition 2006 workshop at St Joseph's Secondary School […]
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From B Hobson at the Customer Collective.... Why is it so hard? We know these things ... don't we? Meetings are often hailed as the No. 1 time-waster in corporate America, and -- unless food is served to offset the boredom -- the most tortuous part of the work day. Who among us hasn't cringed […]
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What an interesting thought form Sarah Gerschman: So often we begin a speech by thanking the audience or someone in the audience for asking us to speak. This small (arguably unnecessary gesture) perhaps unknowingly puts the speaker in the mindset of being a guest. The speaker subsequently must ingratiate himself to the "hosts" - the […]
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