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Comedy Doesn’t Travel Well

by Tom j Dolan

Comedy: a Serious matter for Traveling Speakers!

Comedy Doesn’t Travel Well!  This point may surprise you but it’s true. Travelling to Speaking Events & Presentations is often recommended by Trainers, books, & DVD’s. Travelling is a good way to build your Business and increase your earnings & reputation. But, there are a few liabilities of being a Travelling Speaker you should recognize. In today’s globalized environment… [Read more…] about Comedy Doesn’t Travel Well

Filed Under: Performance of Speaking Tagged With: Audience Analysis, Coaching, Comedy, ESL, Humor, jokes, PresentationTips

Presentation Gold

by Tom j Dolan

Earn Support for your Solutions with Presentation Gold.

Presentation Gold means Success is in your hands. Presentations have become a central part of life for people in business, Corporate, Professionals, Academics, Medical and so many more. At any time Speakers are addressing all kinds of organizations: Business, Social, Political, Non-profits, etc. So, Speakers must consider how Best to… [Read more…] about Presentation Gold

Filed Under: Performance of Speaking Tagged With: anxiety, Audience Analysis, Coaching, ESL, PoS, preparation, PresentationTips, StageFright

The Key to Success

by Tom j Dolan

Preparation is Key to your Success at an Event.
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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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Filed Under: Performance of Speaking Tagged With: anxiety, Audience Analysis, Fear of Speaking, PoS, preparation, PresentationTips, StageFright, stress, Tips, Trust

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~~~ If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there. ~~ Lewis Carroll ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Today is only one day in all the days that exist, But all future days could depend on what You do Today." ~~Hemingway" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Your Presentation is always about Solving a Problem for your Audience." ~~TjD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Walking in the footsteps of another is easy, but you may soon discover you’re walking in a Rut.” ~~TjD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." ~~Samuel Beckett ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Always finish Speaking before your Audience has finished Listening.” ~~Dorothy Sarnoff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "If you're not prepared to be wrong, You'll never come up with anything original." ~~Sir Ken Robinson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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