Excessive Stage Movement can weaken your Presentation.
Excessive Stage Movement can be Distracting and this Training video demonstrates the point. Ms. Johanna Blakley, delivers a TED Presentation on “Women & Social Media”. What caught my attention early on, was the lengthy amount of time the video spends focused on her Slides. Now usually a TED Presentation will focus on the Presenter almost exclusively. I don’t believe that was her intention and I wondered how was that result generated? Then, as I viewed and reviewed her Presentation I began to… [Read more…] about Excessive Stage Movement
Win with Volunteer Speaking
Speak & help-out an Organization that wants you.
Volunteer Speaking is a win-win for you and for your Community. Why, well because Volunteer Organizations provide another opportunity for You to Speak at an Event. Organizations offer you a very visible Opportunity to become involved with their Members and Supporters. Therefore, this is a fortunate offer with many benefits for You. Above all, you’ll be seen by other group members as dedicated to helping them reach their Goals. Additionally you’re making an important contribution. Your Volunteer Speaking is a also win-win for your Community where you live, work, & play. Local publicity will help your Business grow. Volunteer organizations will provide you, the Professional Speaker, an opportunity to… [Read more…] about Win with Volunteer Speaking
The Key to Success
Preparation is Key to your Success at an Event.
A Speakers Preparation is KEY to Success at an event. So here’s a bit of Advice: your Preparation might look something like this: Use this or that software, Powerpoint, Keynote or something else to create your slides & images. But be careful of the number of Words per slide, not too many it can be confusing… maybe no text at all, only an image. Or maybe an image with some text… that’s cool!, and the advice continues. It always continues as does the confusion it leaves behind, well there’s more…
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Note Cards are OK!
Note Cards are a Professional Reference tool when done well.
Michael Specter is a staff writer for the New Yorker. In this Presentation at TED, he uses Note Cards as his Guide. And like Michael, You too can learn to use Notecards as your guide. He effectively demonstrates a Performance of Speaking technique that I strongly suggest you consider. Instead of Reading a Speech from…
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Speedy Speakers Lose
Slow Down! and Allow the Audience to Understand You…