Stutter to Success

Megan Washington speaks with a ‘stutter’ in this TEDx presentation but she sings without the ‘stutter’. Stuttering speech is not uncommon but it does discourage many people from speaking in public or at public events like TED.

There are 3 points I’d like you to take away from this presentation, … [Read More]

Filed Under: Performance of Speaking Tagged With: anxiety, embarrassment, Fear of Speaking, how-read-a-speech, PresentationTips, Read2Speak, stutter, tech aids, Tips

How to Read a Speech

To Read a Speech or not to Read a Speech is a question many people ask themselves when facing the task of presenting information to any group large or small, business, professional, academic or pleasure.

If you’ve followed this website for any length of time you know that my opinion on the matter is … [Read More]

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

“The Fear of Speaking”

“The Fear of Speaking –
Toxic Phrase, Toxic Results”

Words mean more than those we say and so it is with the phrase “the Fear of Speaking.” It’s a familiar, socially acceptable, and convenient phrase to explain away one’s reluctance to engage in Public Speaking. And it’s the very common use and acceptance of the phrase that does more to produce less from a majority of citizens by… [Read More]

Filed Under: Performance of Speaking Tagged With: anxiety, Coaching, embarrassment, ESL, Fear of Speaking, Read2Speak, StageFright, Tips, Voice

Show#33- A Recap

Worth a 2nd view~

This recap looks at some of the important techniques and skills we’ve examined in the past year. Competence & Confidence in Public Speaking, and generally, Speaking in Public, is a decision point when Companies are… [Read More]

Filed Under: Performance of Speaking Tagged With: anxiety, Coaching, ESL, Fear of Speaking, Job Interviews, Online Training, PoS, PresentationTips, Read2Speak, StageFright, Tips, Trust

"Time is the Currency of Life, Learn to Invest it Creatively." ~~TjD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Global English has it's rewards: Universal Communication is one of them." ~~TjD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It's Never too Late to Be Great. It's Your Journey, Begin it Today." ~~TjD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your Presentation is always about Solving the Challenges of your Audience. ~~TjD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Walking in the footsteps of someone else is easy, but you might find you’re walking in a rut.” ~~TjD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." ~~Samuel Beckett ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Make sure you have finished 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Speak Global English with Skill & Confidence; Inspire, Advocate, Educate." ~~TjD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~