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Win with Volunteer Speaking

by Tom j Dolan

 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

Filed Under: Performance of Speaking Tagged With: Fear of Speaking, PresentationTips, StageFright, StoryTelling, Tips, volunteer

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

Note Cards are OK!

by Tom j Dolan

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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Filed Under: Performance of Speaking Tagged With: embarrassment, Fear of Speaking, Lectern, Make-up for Video, Notes, PoS, PresentationTips, TED, Tips

Speedy Speakers Lose

by Tom j Dolan

Slow Down! and Allow the Audience to Understand You…
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It’s true, Speedy Speakers Lose! Why is that? Well, when You talk too fast, which is a trait of many Speakers, You can have a negative impact on your audience. This is a habit that’s usually the result of Stress. Unfortunately, it can act as a “wedge” between you and your audience which is not your intention. So there you are, up in front of a group of people, prepared to earn their Support, and they’re gathered together to hear your Proposal. They might want to support you and your Proposal…But,

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Filed Under: Performance of Speaking Tagged With: anxiety, Coaching, ESL, Fear of Speaking, Online Training, PoS, PresentationTips, StageFright

Hollywood Actors and You.

by Tom j Dolan

Actors & Speakers Have a lot in common.

Hollywood Actors and You have a lot in common. Speaking Events, Business Presentations, and Meetings.They deliver a ‘Performance’ and as a matter of fact, so do You. Now, this idea might surprise many new and even some seasoned Speakers. But the key point to keep in mind is this: Speaking is a learnable skill. Like any Learnable Skill, people can learn to “Perform it” very well. Speaking Events of many sizes, Causes & Purposes are available to the Speaker, who has a Message to share… and that could be useful.

Hollywood hires an Actor to Act & Speak like… [Read more…] about Hollywood Actors and You.

Filed Under: Performance of Speaking Tagged With: anxiety, Coaching, Fear of Speaking, Hollywood, Online Training, PresentationTips, Rehearsal, StageFright, 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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