We have so amazing physical tools to help bring our message to life on stage when we are speaking – one of which is our voice. Think of your voice as a tool you can maneuver to enhance the message you’re delivering. When we speak slowly, we come across as monotone. When we speak quickly […]
It’s really, really easy to ramble and to waffle on when we are presenting, right? Have you experienced that? Why do we do it? Two reasons. 1. When we are in front of a live audience we either get really, really nervous or we get really, really excited. Both of these can wind us up, […]
Did you know that we have a seven second window to make a positive first impression? That is nothing. That’s from now – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 – until now…. The best way to make a positive first impression is to smile. That means when you hit the stage, when you get […]
My first tip is definitely do not picture your audience in their underwear. Trust me, it never works. When we get nervous and anxious before a presentation – whether we’re presenting to one person, three people, our boss, our colleagues, or to a room full of 400 strangers – our physiology takes over. It’s really […]
As we all know, public speaking commonly tops the lists of our greatest fears in life. For many of us, speaking in front of an audience is more terrifying than spiders and snakes. But why? Why are we so afraid of getting on stage and speaking in front of a crowd, or to our peers? […]
First up, don’t picture your audience in their underwear. Trust me, it never works. When we get nervous and anxious before a presentation, it can send our body spinning. We often experience a tight chest, a dry mouth, a quiver in our voice, our palms sweat, our shoulders tense up, we get butterflies in our […]
It’s often the most perfect speaking engagement set ups that have the capacity to deliver the greatest tech disasters for presenters. You know those speaking engagements where you’ve invested hours into creating a bustling, colourful and visual slide-deck, perfectly balanced with the right amount of text, images and videos to keep your audience engaged and […]