The Effective Emcee -- Five Tips for Success

Once you are known as someone who handles him or herself well in front of a group, you will be asked to lead a meeting and/or introduce the speakers. As the emcee, you will want to not only present those on the program professionally, you will want to orchestrate the occasion in an exemplary fashion. In the following article, I share five tips that will guarantee your success as an emcee.

Boring Presentations -- Six Ways to Avoid Giving Them

Having recently attended an Information Technology (IT) trade show featuring IT seminars, I was struck by how boring the presentations were. As I looked around the room, I saw people with glazed looks and others falling asleep. It was a shame, because the presenters were obviously knowledgeable and spoke on interesting and timely topics. Even though the presenters were not professional speakers, how could they have avoided being boring?

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: 7 Tips to Make Public Speaking Easier

Did you know that most people would rather die that speak in public? This article offers 7 tips to become relaxed and at ease with public speaking.

Presentation Skills -- The Six Most Important Lessons

With more than fourteen years as a professional speaker, trainer, and storyteller, I have learned many hard-fought lessons that work to make presentations powerful. These techniques work whether we are speaking, giving workshops, or leading meetings.

Five Presentation Techniques Not to Use as a Speaker

I hope you will learn some good presentation techniques by my pointing out what NOT to do when presenting. Remember the following are techniques to AVOID.

Presentation Goofs That Will Guarantee That You Will Be Forgotten as a Speaker

Realize that the following techniques are to be avoided. I have observed presenters that practice all of these no-nos and are never asked back.

Distracting Presentation Habits - Ways to Overcome Them

I realize that it is important for us to work on appearing natural while making a presentation. If, however, we become too natural and relaxed, we may not even realize that we have adopted one or more distracting habits that will rob our presentations of their power.

How to Use Public Speaking to Promote Your Business Without Cost

There is a way to supercharge the word of mouth process by getting a lot more people experiencing your service or product at one time and it involves public speaking.

Priceless Tips for Public Speaking

Avoiding the pitfalls of public speaking is easy when you follow these helpful tips. Learn from the experience of professional speakers, and start way ahead of the game.

Disabled Speakers: Are We Living Up to Our Responsibilities?

It’s every audience’s nightmare. The scheduled speaker is disabled – perhaps by birth, or accident, or violence. Will they wow us with their abilities and inspiring stories, or will they bring out the violin and expect us to be sympathetic even when they bore us to death?
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Unforgettable Presenters -- 15 Tips for Being Memorable

As presenters, we all want to be memorable. Memorable for being outstanding, not for doing a far-from-excellent job. In this article, highlight notes and observations I have made about the qualities of the memorable presenters I have heard over the years.

How To Reach An Audience

Technology helps us communicate messages faster and to a larger audience than every before. But technology does not create the message. Communication is still a human activity. To reach an audience, you have to know how to choose the right target audience, the right medium, and the right message.

Let Go My Ego - Part 1

What is the Number 1 cause of public speaking fear? Perception. People are afraid of how they THINK they will come across to the audience.