Happy birthday, America! I thought it might be fun to look back at a few of the most famous speeches in American history — the ones that influenced mass numbers of people — and analyze them. Why did these words move ordinary farmers to revolution? How did these words heal […]
The absolute best way to reduce the fear of public speaking is to just improve your presentation skills. Think about it. Anytime you get really good at doing something, your confidence in that area will soar. When we teach the Fearless Presentations course, we spend the first couple of hours
When folks are having challenges with public speaking, they will often contact us with questions. Since all of our consultants are both professional presenters and public speaking coaches, we thought it might be a good idea to answer a few of the most frequently asked questions. Perhaps the answer here
One of the most common questions that we receive in our public speaking classes is, “Do the things that you are teaching us about in-person presentations change when you are on a webinar or an online platform?” The answer to that question is both “Yes” and “No”. The way that
From time to time, I hear people say things like, “She is a natural speaker.” On the other hand, I also hear things like, “I’ve always been a terrible speaker.” Both of these statements may be somewhat true. But they are also both absolutely false as well. No one comes
I was teaching the best public speaking course ever last month. Early in the program, I asked the class members, “What physically happens to people when they get nervous in front of a group?” One of the first answers was, “They lose eye contact with the audience.” My response to
