The Fear of Public Speaking and Falling In Love

Do you get nervous when speaking in public? In this article you will discover an antidote to the fear of public speaking that you might never have considered before.

How to Be Funny Without Telling Jokes: Eight Humor Tips for Speakers

For sixteen years, I have been showing audiences how to find humor in not-so-funny stuff. Thousands of people have laughed a lot in my presentations yet I don't tell jokes. This article provides eight ways I get people to laugh.

Public Speaking for the Nervous – How to Keep Your Confidence High Before You Speak in Public

You've got less than 24-hours. Tomorrow, you'll be giving your presentation, ready or not. Even though you know your material fairly well, you're getting so nervous you can hardly stand being in your own skin, much less get a good night's sleep. What to do? Find out in this article which gives you 5 tips to get you feeling confident and ready to take the stage.

When Speaking in Public Scares You - It's Probably the Illusion of Not Enough

Danger! There's an epidemic infecting the majority of would-be public speakers! No, I'm not talking about avian flu or malaria. It's the epidemic of Not Enough. Don't worry. This article will give you the remedy.

Short Attention Span Theater

In Abraham Lincoln's time people would listen attentively to a two hour speech even if the speaker was not that well polished. Oh, how times have changed. Today, our kids watch an average of more than eight hours of TV per day. Adults sit in front of computers at work all day, responding to email and voicemail immediately, while still trying to do their jobs. Americans already had short attention spans, but this reliance on technology and multi-tasking has cut them even shorter.

Public Speaking Training Can Really Help Your Business

If you want to declare yourself or your company an expert in anything it's important to learn how to present yourself as an expert. It's not about what you teach it's about how you teach it that's far more important. Public speaking training can give you that edge.

Fear Of Public Speaking - 5 Tips To Overcome Fear

Giving a public speech can be daunting. It is well known that most people rank the fear of public speaking higher than death! However, there are a number of proven techniques that can be used to overcome the fear of public speaking.

More Powerful Than PowerPoint - YOU!

What could be more powerful than 3D, live, moving YOU? Not only are you the best visual aid, you can turn your nervous energy into direct purposeful gestures and movements that will ease your nerves and transmit your message.

Public Speaking - Five More Slightly Radical Steps To Becoming a Confident Speaker

Does speaking in public get your heart pounding, your knees knocking and your mouth feeling like the Sahara desert? Here are five more, slightly radical steps to blast you into your natural state of confidence and authenticity when speaking in public.

Public Speaking and the Heebie Jeebies - How to Release Your Fear of Speaking in Public

You may think you're scared of speaking in public, but chances are that you're even more scared of feeling your fear. If you hate feeling those rushes of anxiety or nervousness, follow this 3-Step Process to releasing those uncomfortable feelings so you can speak with confidence and ease.

Public Speaking and The Football Player - Focusing on What You Want When You Speak in Public

How is public speaking like playing football? Success depends on your power of focus. In this article, you will learn how to use your power of focus to win the game.

Why Controlling Your Nervousness Is Better Than Eliminating It

Today there are numerous sites devoted to eliminating or ending your nervousness in public speaking - and, I disagree. Nervousness is wonderful. It's that extra spurt of adrenaline that can make your presentation exhilarating, exciting, dynamic. The secret is learning how to control the nervousness, not eliminate it.

Public Speaking - Creating Confidence After You Really Screw Up

If you make a mistake when speaking in public, do you tend to beat yourself up, replay the cursed mistake over and over in your head, and feel crummy for days? Hey, that's not helping you in any way. In this article you will learn how to recover and reconnect with your confidence and skill anytime your speaking experience is less than fabulous.

The Melody of a Speech

Welcome to the era of the all-you-can-eat speaker buffet where clients have unlimited choices and the bar has been raised to the point where audiences no longer expect a speech, they expect a performance. Where do you stand in the buffet line? Are you serving up potted meat when they ordered prime rib? It’s time to see your speech as more than a speech. It's time to see it as a performance - a piece of art that touches all the emotions - a melody as unique as its creator.