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Tell a Story

by Tom j Dolan

Stories build Connections with your Audience.

Rob Harmon will Tell a Story in this TED presentation that will build a connection with this Audience. Rob’s story involves him, but it’s not about him. If you’re not using Stories yet or you’re not sure how to incorporate them into your Events, then continue reading….

When you Tell a Story you can win over the Hearts, Minds and interest of your Audience. More importantly, the Story or Stories you share will generate audience attention. It’s what some Speakers call a “Hook”. Keep in mind that your original, Personal Stories will be the most interesting to your Audience. And that’s why… [Read more…] about Tell a Story

Filed Under: Performance of Speaking Tagged With: ESL, Fear of Speaking, Online Training, PoS, PresentationTips, TEDx, tell a story

Hold the Audience Attention

by Tom j Dolan

Hold Their Attention, Win their Support

Stanley McChrystal, former US Commanding General in Afghanistan, speaks at a TED event. This video demonstrates that the General did Hold the Audience Attention. Here are several Points that will teach you more about Speaking & Leadership. Let’s discover what they are-

1.  One point is his voice. It’s not a silky smooth polished voice, it’s a very [Read more…] about Hold the Audience Attention

Filed Under: Performance of Speaking Tagged With: Coaching, ESL, Fear of Speaking, Online Training, PoS, PresentationTips, Read2Speak, StageFright, StoryTelling

Read a Speech Correctly

by Tom j Dolan

How to Successfully Read a Speech

How to Successfully Read a Speech, or, to not Read a Speech at all, is a question you might ask yourself. When facing the task of Presenting information to any group large or small, Business, Professional, Academic or Pleasure. What to do?Generally, my opinion is that only under very special circumstances should you Read a Speech or Presentation. But if you must, and…

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Filed Under: Performance of Speaking Tagged With: anxiety, Fear of Speaking, Lectern, Online Training, PoS, Read2Speak, StageFright, 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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