How to Create a Captive Audience Out of a Roomful of Skeptics

January 11, 2011

  At some point in your public speaking career, you're going to face a room full of skeptics. So how do you turn a potentially scary bunch of skeptics into a captive audience?! Yes, there is a way.                       Get Shareaholic

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Public Speaking “Tricks” to Get That Confident Edge

January 6, 2011

  Wouldn't you love to just stand out from the crowd?   What's going to give you an edge over your public speaking competitor? Preparation, confidence, and a strong speech-  that's what!                     Get Shareaholic

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Blast Through Your Public Speaking Goals in 2011

January 4, 2011

  Is public speaking one of your goals for 2011? What are your emotions around that?  Determined?  Afraid?  Excited? Apprehensive? A mixture of all and many more? So many people feel some form of negativity around public speaking.  As a result, they wind up procrastinating a lot, despite their commitment to pursue more speaking engagements [...]

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Your Best Presentation: Deconstructing the “It” Factor

December 30, 2010

  Gotta love Oprah, don't you? Last spring, when she was accepting video auditions for a show on the Oprah Winfrey Network, her criteria for winning a spot regularly referred to candidates demonstrating the "It" factor  in their video presentations.                       Get Shareaholic

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Mistakes to Avoid when Speechwriting

December 28, 2010

Getting ready to put on your first live event in  2011?  Finally decided to get off the fence and speak in public to promote your business? Make more videos?  Do a teleseminar or two?  Have a live online joint presentation of some sort? I've worked with a wide variety of personality types over the years [...]

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How to Prepare for an Interview

December 21, 2010

  It's so flattering, isn't it? You've been invited to be interviewed!  I'm always excited by the invitation.                     Get Shareaholic

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Why Do You Really Need to Speak to People?

December 14, 2010

Let's rephrase that title.  Why would you ever want to persuade, inform, or entertain anybody?  Who needs to do that?   "Can't I just talk on the telephone?"  Oops- that's public speaking. "Ok, I'll just do one of those blog talk radio shows!"  That's public speaking too.                 [...]

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Why is Public Speaking So, So Hard?

December 9, 2010

I'm not afraid to admit it.   "It's a Wonderful Life" is one of my  favorite holiday movies. We all know what would've happened to the citizens of Bedford Falls if George Bailey had never been born.  Disaster! Unhappiness! The evil Potter would've taken over the entire town and destroyed it's moral fiber. So what [...]

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