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 […]
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 297) – Seneca
“I judge you unfortunate because you have never lived through misfortune. You have passed through life without an opponent. No one can ever know what you are capable of, not even you.” Seneca Photo courtesy of Jean-Pol Grandmont / Wikimedia
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 296) – Gloria Steinem
“I think the most obvious real fear I had was of public speaking. That really paralyzed me. I’d have to cancel appearances at the last minute because if I tried to do them, I’d lose all my saliva and each tooth would acquire a little sweater. “I didn’t begin to speak in public until I […]
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