Tag Archives: public speaking

Association of Speakers Clubs Conference in Edinburgh

Posted on 22/04/2019 by

As regular readers of this blog know, I co-created a public speaking board game with my good friend and fellow speaker, Florian Mueck: Rhetoric – The Public Speaking Game™. It is available as both a traditional tabletop board game and an app. … Continue reading →

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A conversation with Conor Neill

Posted on 16/04/2019 by

I have just returned home after my annual week teaching public speaking and communication skills at the IESE Executive MBA Programme in Barcelona, Spain. It was my 7th year working with fellow speaking professionals — and dear friends — Tony … Continue reading →

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Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 307) – Tyrion Lannister

Posted on 11/04/2019 by

“When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar; you’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say.” — Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones

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A giant leap forward in your public speaking

Posted on 09/04/2019 by

There is a lot to learn about public speaking. The fact that I have been writing this blog for 10 years is testament to that. And no matter how much you learn, no matter how good you become, you will … Continue reading →

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Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 306) – Theodore Roosevelt

Posted on 05/04/2019 by

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, … Continue reading →

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Three ways to rethink your title slide

Posted on 29/03/2019 by

Your title slide occupies prime real estate in your slide deck. It is the gateway to your presentation. You can either spend time thinking how to use it to maximum advantage or miss an opportunity to grab you audience’s attention from … Continue reading →

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Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 305) – Christopher Vogler

Posted on 24/03/2019 by

“As the polarized nature of magnetic fields can be used to generate electrical energy, polarity in a story seems to be an engine that generates tension and movement in the characters and a stirring of emotions in the audience.” — … Continue reading →

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How to handle public speaking nerves

Posted on 22/03/2019 by

On 3 June 2017, professional rock climber Alex Honnold accomplished something that few people thought could be done. He climbed the 3,000-foot granite wall of Yosemite Park’s famous El Capitan, the vertical wall in the photo above. Alone. Without ropes … Continue reading →

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Patrick Stewart: A lesson from Shakespeare and Star Trek

Posted on 11/02/2019 by

I do not consider myself to be a Trekkie, but I was a big fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It was the second Star Trek series and the only one that I watched from beginning to end. The … Continue reading →

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Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 303) – John Maynard Keynes

Posted on 01/02/2019 by

“Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking.” —  John Maynard Keynes

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Pico Iyer and the art of stillness

Posted on 29/01/2019 by

Pico Iyer is a renowned essayist and novelist who is best known for his travel writing. He has been to some of the most far-flung places on the planet and his writings have appeared in leading newspapers, magazines and literary … Continue reading →

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Naomi Osaka’s Australian Open Speech

Posted on 26/01/2019 by

Naomi Osaka of Japan won the 2019 Australian Open in dramatic fashion. She beat the Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitová 7-6 (7-2) 5-7 6-4 to become the first woman since 2001 to follow her debut Grand Slam win with another one. Even … Continue reading →

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