5 Ways to Build Confidence in Public Speaking

Do you hate public speaking? I know I do. You can't sleep the night before, you get jittery, your stomach acts up and you generally feel miserable when you know you have to speak in public.

How to Develop Demonstration Speech Topics

The two rules of thumb for developing demonstration speech topics are: talk about something you know about and like and satisfy the needs of your audience.

Strategies for an Effective Business Presentation

Where some people find selling impossible, others could sell balloon-modelling kits to porcupines. Don't worry if you fit into the first group, because that's where most people are. It's normal to find yourself to be a little shaky when it comes down to standing up in front of your boss and the shareholder committee. Whether you're delivering a financial report, new marketing scheme, or a brilliant new idea, you should strategize using the 'Five P Rule.'

Charismatic Communication: Ten Tips on Increasing the Retention Rate of Your Speeches

Many speakers are unaware of how their words actually work to make their speeches unmemorable. This article reviews key actions a speaker can take to improve memory retention of their speeches.

Public Speaking Using Comedy

Learn to have more of an extroverted personality at social and work events. Learn to use comedy to break the ice and make you (as well as others around you) feel comfortable and have fun! Stop your social anxiety!

Effective Interviewing

The interviewer must be one part detective, one part lawyer, and one part translator. The interviewer must be a detective in order to know how to investigate a problem and know what to look for; he must be a lawyer in order to know how to ask the right questions, and; he must be a translator to interpret what the user is saying.

Why Bindi Irwin's Brilliant Tribute Speech To Her Croc Hunter Dad Moved The World

A good speech is a mark of great respect. Especially when it's about a loved one who died in tragic circumstances. How to write and deliver a Eulogy, a formal speech delivered at a funeral in praise of the deceased, is a rare skill indeed. In fact it is the most difficult speech you will ever have to write and present. Why did 8-year old Bindi Irwin do so well? What secret formula did she use to receive a standing ovation by the 5,500 people attending Steve Irwin's tribute at Australia Zoo's 'Crocoseum'.

How to Compel Rapt Attention

For most speakers and writers - this is nirvana. The ability to engage their audience by being genuine. Nothing pre-fabricated. And nothing phony.

Charismatic Communication: Getting An Audience Quickly to Yes!

One of the secrets of powerful public speaking is the art of getting people on your side as quickly as possible. One way in which you can create instant rapport with large and small audiences is by the judicious use of what are called 'Yes Sets'.

Public Speakers - Do You Make Your Audience Cringe and Cower?

An important thing you need to learn when you want to get the point of your message across-or the punch line of a joke.

Charismatic Communication: Immunise Your Audience Against Attacks From Your Competitors Or Opponents

Immunisation theory owes much to the medical practice of vaccines and innoculation, and just as it has saved countless lives in this virus-infested world, rhetorical immunisation can provide a superb defence against incoming propaganda and mind viruses.

Ensure You Lay Strong Foundations for Your Speech or Presentation

What are the basic foundations of every speech? These are the vital basics that must underlie every speech or presentation. They will give it a strong basis that you can build on and they will make sure it fulfills its purpose.

How To Get Started In Speed Reading

If you are a reader but you find it difficult to read large chunk of information, then you need speed reading. If you are unable to read large novels and write-ups or you generally find studying boring, then you need speed reading. However, to read successfully at an alarming speed, you need to follow some basic rules and strategies.

The Basic Rules Of Speed Reading

Does having the ability to read well have a basic rule? Or let me put it rightly, does speed reading have rules you must follow to learn how to speed read? Well the answers to the above two scenarious is yes there is a rule for reading and those rules can be applied in speed reading also. But how does it work and what are those rules?

How You Can Use The Power Within You To Speed Read

Mindset is everything to a man or woman. With a good mindset, you can set your mind to deliver on whatever results you want of it. In speed reading, once you have decided that your intension is learning how to speed read, then you have set the ball rolling and will quickly accomplish it once you have enough motivation to see it through. Motivation is one thing, strategy and the power of reasoning is another. How can you use power of reasoning or discernment to speed read?