Body language talks, or BLT for short. Something in the way we stand speaks volumes. Good posture is not only good health, it looks good. Why? Good posture communicates self-confidence and belief in what you have to say. It indicates… Read More »Public Speaking Tips: Persuasive Posture
When I ask people to name three talks they can remember, they seem to have a brain hiccup. The most common response is to talk about the most recent one they’ve seen. At this moment, if I asked myself the… Read More »Effective Presentation: Quick! Name three talks you remember
I attended the World Health Care Congress in Washington and saw some remarkable presentations. Here is a brief synopsis from my notes. 33% of health care costs in the USA are cardio-vascular; 20% cancer; 11% diabetes; and 10% obesity. Does this mean that if… Read More »Effective Presentation Skills: Health Care Presentations
Let’s think of the mind of an audience as having two basic types of material–old impressions and memories of events actually experienced, and imaginative rearrangements of parts of these actual experiences which never really existed. For instance, remembering how your uncle looked when he… Read More »Presentation skills as personal development
You will have noticed, if you’ve read through these postings, that I am a fan of Henry Ward Beecher, one of the greatest speakers in American history. Even Lincoln looked up to him. Here is a description of Beecher written by… Read More »Presentation Skills: The Bang at the Beginning
First of all, Ellen DeGeneres is an amazing performer. She is relaxed (or appears to be), self-effacing, and playful–not mean, like some of the previous hosts of the Academy Awards. And instead of joking about things going on “in the… Read More »Effective Speaking: How Much Emotion?