Public speaking audience struggles? Try this technique…

August 3, 2010

This morning I saw an article by Nick Morgan on Forbes.com on how to use judo technique to win a negotiation.  Funny he mentioned judo, because I just had a conversation with someone who suggested I teach aikido techniques to public speakers, since I think about aikido constantly anyway.   

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Can Seminar Leaders “Deliver Happiness” Too?

July 30, 2010

Absolutely! I haven't bought Delivering Happiness  by Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh yet, but I've read and listened through the book's promotional website.  I like their core value of creating a happy corporate culture devoted to making customers happy.   While I don't think a full or multi-day event is long enough to create a real [...]

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Improve Public Speaking with This Simple Tool

July 28, 2010

  We all want to improve public speaking skills, don't we?  Toastmasters is fantastic for having a group of peers support one another as everyone works on their skills.  But sometimes, there isn't a toastmaster's club chapter near you, or the timing of meetings doesn't suit your work or personal schedule.  So what do you [...]

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Public Speaking: What’s He Got That You Don’t?

July 23, 2010

Behavioral based email marketing (BBEM) training.  I watched Mike Michalowicz' (The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur) 30 minute blog post video on this the other day.  Have you seen it?  It talks about how to use psychological triggers in email marketing to get reader to take a particular course of action.  Useful information!

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Public Speaking Success: How to Overcome Procrastination

July 21, 2010

So what's your mindset around public speaking?   Last night I listened in on a call on mindset by PJ McClure, The Mindset Maven. Despite all of my coaching training, I loved the way PJ broke down the mindset issues that result in procrastination.

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Public Speaking: Feedback to Make them Love You

July 16, 2010

So what comes next? On Wednesday, I wrote about using strategic questioning to get your audience creatively engaged during your speaking event.  But what comes after they answer your questions?  That's also an integral part to relationship building with your audience, especially with public speaking.  The answer is qualititative feedback. Most of the time, when the [...]

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Audience Relationships: Questions to Build Trust and Creativity

July 14, 2010

Most teachers waste their time by asking questions which are intended to discover what a pupil does not know, whereas the true art of questioning has for its purpose to discover what the pupil knows or is capable of knowing.  ~  Albert Einstein I saw this quote posted by Kim Castle on Facebook the other [...]

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Public Speaking: Why Chat With “Fake Friends”?

July 9, 2010

I've heard some references to relationships created on social media as "fake friends"   As a matter of fact, this week I read a blog post by Elizabeth Potts Weinstein thanking all of her "fake friends" for stepping up and managing her online business  while her daughter had to receive emergency surgery for a brain tumor. [...]

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