Manage Your Mind for Speaking

Manage Your Mind for Speaking

Unconventional public speaking preparation. A lot of people have public speaking nerves. Just one of the sources of this is they don’t realize they are telling themselves the audience is judging and/or comparing them. You actually have complete control over what...
Self-Image in Front of your Audience

Self-Image in Front of your Audience

Public Speaking starts inside of you. Have you ever considered who you are for yourself matters, and has everything to do with how you show up for your audience? I am talking about your beliefs about yourself and your self-image. It starts before you ever get in front...
Worst Speaking Advice

Worst Speaking Advice

7 of the worst pieces of public speaking advice.   Apologize for anything – last-minute speaker and not quite prepared, late. This takes away from your credibility and puts the attention on something that is other than what you want to talk about. Plus,...
Steps to Deal Powerfully with Fear

Steps to Deal Powerfully with Fear

7 Steps to Overcome Public Speaking Fear Public speaking can be one of the most stressful things you’ll ever have to do in your life, but it doesn’t have to be. With proper preparation and the right mindset, you can easily master the art of public speaking, conquer...
Avoid Slang

Avoid Slang

Real Words vs. Non-real Words. There are some words people say that are rampant in our society that you want to make the effort to avoid saying when you are public speaking. Recently this was brought to my attention and I was shocked.  I’d never noticed, let alone...
Prepare, prepare, prepare

Prepare, prepare, prepare

No stream of consciousness.You can’t just say any old thing when it’s your turn to speak – not if you want to be thought of as credible and get taken seriously.This makes me think of a woman that spoke at a women’s business networking event that I attended.  She had...