Tag Archive ' Preparing Your Speech'

By reading this article, you will learn:– How to overcome fear and nervousness in public speaking– The impact of public speaking on communication, confidence, and leadership skills– Techniques for establishing credibility, expanding networking opportunities, and improving persuasion skills through public speaking Why is it important to practice public speaking? Public speaking is a fundamental skill…

It’s Business 101 we’re told; ‘You MUST attend Events? ‘BUT so many of us don’t. Why? Google “the fear of networking” and the number of hits – 1,970,000!  That fact alone tells you that many of us do FEAR Networking…. Costing you and your business potentially £1000s in lost connections and opportunity! So here I share two…

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…

When I first started working as a professional speaker – I worried a lot about many things but mostly about my knowledge, subject expertise and content. Like most people I feared not knowing ‘my stuff’ – appearing stupid or ill informed. In fact there was a genuine insecurity that someone in my audience would know…