Tag Archive ' Audience'

Public speaking is a powerful skill that can help individuals establish themselves as industry experts, enhance their personal brand, and build valuable connections. While speaking at events can seem intimidating, even for beginners, it is an attainable goal with the right approach. This article aims to provide a comprehensive guide on how beginners can secure…

  Billionaire tycoon Warren Buffet famously remarked; ‘improve your value by 50 percent by learning communication skills’. Buffett’s point is that mastering the art of public speaking is the single greatest skill to boost your career, business or even life! You might be thinking, “That’s great, but I have a fear of public speaking.” That’s…

Why Return on Love is the next big thing….What happens at the advanced level that is different? It’s about stripping technique right back to the very DNA – understanding the layers of behaviours – knowing who uses it and why the principles work. How to genuinely own the new concept, understand the pros and cons…

1. Be a Know It All! When you feel familiar whether it be your material, the room or the audience you will naturally relax. We know this as fact. So the professional speaker must invest in getting the edge by… Finding out the outline of the day – we call this the running order but…

Recently speaking to a very technical minded FTSE 100 CEO – I was asked point blank. “How can you prove your Academy works – please explain..” How the coaching methodology works… And ‘Why’ it works I am accustomed to explaining in stories, in case studies, in testimonials, through examples but telling an analyst ‘Why’ made me…

0500 hrs the alarm shrieks out. I leap up. I didn’t even struggle. I wasn’t even tired. I couldn’t get ready fast enough. Full of energy, excitement and determination – I catch the first early morning train from Sheffield to London. Writing my thoughts and questions for the day as the train, ”the Master Cutler”…

I have to date worked with hundreds of new speakers through The Public Speaking Academy.  We have had the privilege of watching people progress through fear and on to better careers, businesses and even improve personal lives as a consequence of new found competence and confidence. However as an executive coach – some of my…

I was at a conference recently when the CEO referred to ‘the audience’ he had spoken to the previous year, he also referred to us again as; “you….the audience”. His words seemed to grate on me and I suspect on others too but instead of switching off I became really curious. Why had his words…