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The Key to Success

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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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Note Cards are OK!

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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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Reading a Speech

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Reading a Speech is a Learnable Skill. 
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Jeff Bezos, the Founder of amazon, is Reading a Speech at a Princeton University Commencement Ceremony. Now up front, I must point out that many Speakers & Teachers advise against “Reading a Speech”. But for the moment, let’s watch & listen to him Read his speech. Afterwards, let’s identify the several teachable points that can benefit us in our future Presentations. And finally, I’ll share my thoughts on the subject of “Reading a Speech”. So, let’s begin….

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Pacing is a Distraction for the Audience

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Constant Pacing is a Distraction for the Audience.

Pacing is a Distraction for the Audience. In this video we see Tony Robbins, a successful Speaker, Pacing energetically. While speaking at this TED event He illustrates 2 behaviors Speakers should train to avoid. You may also energetically Pace and not be fully aware of the effect it can have on your Audience. Let’s look into this further…

At about 6 minutes into his Presentation he quickly… [Read more…] about Pacing is a Distraction for the Audience