Want to calm down before a presentation? Even if you don’t regularly experience the fear of public speaking, just before you start a speech, it is easy to feel anxious. This initial nervous energy can cause a speaker to have a shaky voice, dry mouth, or sweaty palms just before a presentation. The good news…
People will judge your COMPETENCE by the CONFIDENCE that you show. For example, let’s say that you are going in for surgery, and just before you go under, the surgeon walks into your room. His posture is slouching, as he speaks, he stumbles over his words somewhat, and when you look at his hands, they…
Every speaker wants to become a subject matter expert on the topic they present, but here’s the truth these people aren’t realizing: Regardless of what industry you are in or what expertise you have, you are the expert. The knowledge that you have on a specific topic is valuable to somebody, and that’s really all…
One of the easiest ways to become a professional public speaker is to speak to groups in your current industry. In this article, we will show you several ways to get paid as a professional speaker without having to change careers. This article is a continuation of our previous article, How to Start a Public Speaking…
We are continuing our series on How to Start a Public Speaking Career. In this session, we will show a shortcut to becoming a certified public speaker. You can do this by working for an organization that is already an established public speaking or facilitation business. While our first post mentioned a wide variety of approaches,…
You’ve typed the same sentence over and over, your finger hovers over ‘send’ – but then you pause. Do you sound too pushy with that phrasing? Or is it not professional enough? Do you even need an emoji at the end or does that just come off as unprofessional informal email? Do you really even…