When you speak, break the pattern
If you want your ideas to be stickier, you’ve got to break someone’s guessing machine and then fix it. You have to break their pattern of thinking in a way that creates surprise and interest. However, you must do so in a way that is relevant and thoughtful.
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 300) – "A Star is Born"
Quote No. 300 for public speakers. Hard to believe. When I began this series back in 2009 with Quote No. 1, I wasn’t sure that I would find enough quotes to keep it running for long. But time and again, I have come across great quotes, aphorisms, sayings and other pieces of wisdom that have […]
10 tips for dealing wth dry mouth when you speak
If you give a lot of speeches or presentations, there is a good chance that you have experienced dry mouth (also known as cotton mouth) — that parched, sticky sensation that makes your mouth and throat feel like cracked soil in a drought. The technical term is xerostomia, a condition in which the salivary glands in […]
This year, push yourself beyond your boundaries
Push yourself beyond your boundaries this year! My wife Julie and I recently returned home after three days in Zermatt, Switzerland with our friends, Florian Mueck and Rose Chong, and some of their friends. Great people and great skiing! Besides being a friend, Florian is also a fellow public speaker, my business partner and co-creator of Rhetoric – […]
Five Public Speaking Resolutions for 2019
I am one of the co-founders of Presentation Guru, a digital magazine for public speaking professionals. This post is part of a series to share the great content on Presentation Guru with the Manner of Speaking community. ––––– As 2018 draws to a close, many people reflect on the year gone by and make plans for the year to come. If you […]
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 299) – Adam Duritz
“People ask me if I have stage fright. I say, God, no, I’m completely comfortable there. I have rest-of-the-day fright.” Adam Duritz Photo courtesy of Taylor Spaulding / Flickr
You know more than you think you do
In the TED Talk below, social scientist Dolly Chugh speaks about an interesting idea: how we can become better people if we just stop trying to be good. I don’t intend to analyze her talk; rather, in this post, I’d like to focus on her speaking notes. As you can see from the image below, Chugh […]
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 298) – Charles de Gaulle
“Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.” Charles de Gaulle
A fashion tip for women speakers
A fashion tip for women. When it comes to giving fashion advice, I am on thin ice. When it comes to giving fashion advice to women, I have fallen through the ice. But on one point, I stand firmly on solid ground. If a woman is going to speak and she knows that she will […]
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