Etiquette - An Essential Ingredient to Your Success As a Public Speaker

As an invited guest at an event, you should display appropriate etiquette. This article explains what is demanded of you and how you can win over the most demanding clients.

How to Present Your Proposal at an Executive Meeting

Selling your way to success... Learn the right way to sell your proposal at an executive meeting. You probably know that the higher up the corporate ladder you go, the more important your communication skills become. And the faster you develop and hone your skills, the faster you'll advance your career.

Talk May Be Cheap but Your Speech Should Be Priceless!

Take a moment and imagine if you will any one of the following scenarios: --You’ve been contacted to schedule an interview for a fantastic job opportunity. --You’ve been requested by your employer to make a key presentation at a Board of Director’s meeting. --You have a lunch appointment with a prospective client from a major account. --You’ve been asked to fill in for a colleague in teaching a training session.

Analyzing Your Audience and Assessing Comprehension Through Feedback

This article explains how to analyze the feedback your audience is giving in order to determine your progress towards an objective. Also in this article, how to ask and answer audience questions more effectively.

Trust in Training: Society's Effect on an Audience

This article focuses on society's affect on an individual's reaction when in a public environment. A trainer must gain the trust of his trainees before he is able to form an open line of communication with them.

Boost Your Confidence, Credibility, and Career

What's the one skill you can acquire that will boost your confidence, credibility and career? It's public speaking. That's not the answer you want to hear, but it's the truth. Don't despair. Overcoming your fear and becoming comfortable in front of an audience is possible.

Opening Your Speech

The mission of your opening is to 1. Grab their interest; 2. Establish rapport; 3. Introduce your topic. Here are 10 techniques you can use to launch your successful speech.

Giving Presentations: Public Speaking Secrets in a Nutshell

Public speaking fears are common. Three easy techniques make presentations more successful.

How to Write and Deliver an Outstanding Speech - Using the PEPP Talk Forumla

How many times have you come away from a meeting or conference thinking – Wow – “That speech was Outstanding!” I suspect the answer for most people is “Not many”. Why are so many business presentations so utterly boring and ineffective today? In this article Rikki Arundel will explain what makes an outstanding speech, why so few meet that definition, and how you can make sure that your next speech is truly “Outstanding.”

Voice Coaching - Training Your Voice to Give Better Presentations

Learn from former broadcaster Thomas Murrell MBA CSP techniques to improve your voice for your next presentation and tips you can learn from former politician and effective public speaker Bob Carr for voice coaching.

Public Speaking - How to Make Your Next Speech Count

Along with the opening two minutes of a speech, the final part of a speech, known as a 'closer' is equally important. Research shows most people remember the closing remarks most. Learn tips from professional speaker and MBA Thomas Murrell on how to mkae your next speech memorable and successful.

Public Speaking: From Trainer to Speaker - A World of Difference

A lot professional speakers come from a background in training, it’s a natural route, but there are more differences than similarities between the two. Professional Speaker Rikki Arundel has made the transition and although both involve speaking to groups, demonstrates that both require us to master entirely different skills.

Describing Yourself and Your Expertise

For Speakers, Authors, Leaders and Experts Who Want to Get Paid to Speak