Speaking Articles

Tips on how to prepare and deliver a great speech time and time again and even at a moment's notice.

How everyone can benefit from mastering public speaking and presentation skills.

Most people believe that interviewing is easy and it involves very little skill. They see the process of simply sitting in a room with a candidate asking a variety of questions, and then trusting your gut level response about the person. This approach will not yield the most qualified candidates for the organization. Effective interviewing is a developed skill that can be mastered with practice, patience, and perseverance.

Mother is the most beautiful word in the English language, according to a survey of non-English speakers.

The first thing for the public speaker to do is to gain the confidence and sympathy of his audience. Under no circumstances is he to antagonize or prejudice his audience against him in the beginning.

We live in complex times. We are bombarded by more stimulation than ever before in the history of the world. The stimulation comes in the form of visuals: billboards, advertising, newspapers, magazines, television, DVDs, video games, Internet, e-mail, and computers; audio: music, noise, radio, TV, phones, etc. For the most part when stimuli bombard us the message is to buy, do, or go somewhere. The messages tell us that we would be happier and our lives would improve if we did something different than what we are currently doing. This is the reality of the world in which we live in the 21st Century, and it will only increase.

The coaching process has three phases:
1) To clarify what you want;
2) To map out an action plan to get what you want;
3) To be supported to the realization of the vision, dream, or goal.
These phases happen in each session and they are also mirrored in the coaching relationship between the coach and the client. All three phases are included in every coaching project.

Correct management of the breath is of first importance to the student of elocution, and for all those wishing to speak publicly. These breathing and relaxation exercises will undoubtedly give you the edge for improving your public speaking!

"I'm sorry, what? I can't understand you." Have you ever heard this line? Then you probably know how embarrassing it can be to repeat something over and over again. Learn 7 ways to instanltly improve the clarity of your speech so you can avoid embarrassing mishaps in our international business environment.

Stories have been told by the greatest speakers and teachers throughout the ages. Story-telling is a great way to engage your audience. Follow these 7 steps to deliver great stories every time!

To be able to speak in public is a trait envied my some, mastered by few, but wanted by all. Use these keys in this article to help you learn how to speak in public and gain the confidence to use your voice.

Success is many things. It is a both a concept and an experience, a moment as well as an evolution. It is the merging of your aspirations with reality; the weaving of your hopes and dreams with your daily tasks. It is simultaneously tangible and ephemeral, and gives the illusion of being universally quantifiable. Success is externally evaluated, yet intrinsically experienced; it is both objective and subjective. The true essence of success, beneath the visible markers and goals, lies in your own personal sense of satisfaction and fulfillment.

A motivational speaker can help your business in many ways. In addition to energizing employees, a motivational speaker can help employees find better ways to be productive, take more pride in their work and learn how to work with others.

Below are the “12 Steps to Living a Conscious, and Authentic Life.” These are included in her Negaholics book and in her upcoming Transformational Coaching book.

The basic question is what to do with the feedback we receive. Some people deflect it, deny it, explain it away, or in some other way try to protect themselves from the potential impact of the feedback they receive. The defensiveness is a clue that you are about to learn something very important about yourself.