Move Your Body –  Deliver a Message! Picture this: The six foot, five inch, python armed bar bouncer just spotted someone in the club he...

There’s one chance to make a first impression! Walk with deliberate steps that give the non-verbal message to your audience that you are...

Time to Answer Questions: It’s Not the Last Thing to Do First of all, you may not have a Question and Answer Session as part of your...

Constantly, Take the Temperature of your Audience! The Goal of all Communications; written, spoken or visual, is the same. We want the...

Have you read Malcomb Gladwell’s book , Outliers, The Story of Success?  If not, I strongly suggest you buy and devour it!  Hard work is...

We’ve heard expressions like; “I can read his face”, or, “The expression on her face told the whole story.” Those expressions are...

YOU Supply the Text! If I’m using a PowerPoint / Keynote Presentation and project the slide on the right onto a screen, and at the same...

There’s really only one person you need to compete with . . . I hate to disagree with the famous coach Vince Lombardi, but ‘winning is...

Shhhh! The figure on the right is not speaking, but their finger raised in front of their mouth is communicating – “Please be quiet!”...

The Closing: Your LAST WORDS  Will probably be the FIRST WORDS Your Audience will Remember! Before closing, tell the audience that you...

The Rhythmic Flow of the words  . . A natural partner of inflection is our next element, Cadence It’s the rhythmic flow of the words used...

Did I hear some say, “R2D2 of Star Wars fame? If you did, you probably couldn’t wait for the talk to end, and it’s doubtful you remember...

Eyes are the ‘Windows to the Soul’.

First (Primacy) and Last (Recency) – If you want it to Last! For any presentation, people are more likely to remember the first and last...

Quotable Quotes We remember great quotes. Wouldn’t you like to be the person who is ‘quoted’? How cool would it be to have other...

NO Buzz Words! Buzz Words are composed of jargon that is usually specific to a particular industry. Often we think of the tech industry...

Join Toastmasters! Toastmasters is an international organization. The latest figures I found show they have a membership approaching...

Props, as I’ve stated before, can be a great addition to a speech. If I were to take a coffee cup, and put it on a lectern, and say, “I’m...

If you ‘hand out’ Handouts as the audience is getting seated, they’ll be looking at your brochure, fact sheet, contact information, etc.,...

If just the thought of speaking in front of a group gets you nervous – You are not alone! Survey after survey says many people would...