Lots of new clients are showing up lately with fear of public speaking as their presenting complaint. That fear can range from mild to maddening to career-killing. But whatever its level, fear of public speaking sucks—and there are two things you should know about it: #1: Fear of Public Speaking? It Makes Perfect Sense When most Read More
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Presenting a Talk? Remember, There’s NO SUCH THING as a Big Audience!
It recently occurred to me that, from a certain perspective — that of your audience — there’s no such thing as a big crowd. From your point of view as a presenter, it looks like you’re talking to a lot of people. Most of us, when we speak to a group, are acutely aware of Read More
Public Speaking Tip 73: Build Your Confidence and Public Speaking Success in 15 Seconds, Twice a Day
What if you knew that you could build your public speaking confidence and skills by doing an exercise that takes just 15 seconds, twice a day? You would do that, right? Well, first, here’s the exercise — and then I’ll explain how and why it works. Try This Confidence-Building Exercise. It Only Takes 15 Seconds! Stand in Read More
Breathe
Much of what I have to say about overcoming fear — my own and that of my public speaking clients — is boiled down to this one word: Breathe! Of course, having the word engraved on my wrist (yes, that’s my wrist in the photo) is another story — a short-short story that accompanies my novel, The Tattooed Heart. Read More
The Public Speaking Cringe: “I Said it Wrong.”
No, you probably didn’t. Lots of people suffer over the real or imagined errors in their public speech. But here’s the thing: A communication is only “wrong” (if you even want to take that tone), when Your audience totally doesn’t get it. Yup, that’s it. The sole determinant of a public speaking error is, “Does Read More