Tag Archives: speaking
Presentation Q&A: How Can I Stop People Tweeting During My Presentations?
It’s easy. Be interesting. Be so interesting that people forget that Twitter even exists....
Preparing For Q&A Sessions
Allowing your audience to ask questions can be quite daunting for most presenters because...
Speaking to a Non-Technical Audience: The Mammy Test
Sometimes after years of working with technology or business terms, certain ideas and concepts...
The Text May Be A Bit Too Small to Read
One very important question to ask when designing presentation slides is: “Will the audience...
Engage Your Audience With Stories
The most effective way to connect with your audience, to teach them and to...
What Would Steve Do?
The main message that I want to convey to you with this series of...
Why Should The Audience Listen To You?
In every presentation, Steve Jobs made sure to answer that first question: Why should...
Make Your Audience Glow
A few years ago I was on holiday in New Zealand and I got...
Speaking Masterclass: Roy Finley – A Guerilla Gardener in South Central LA
Ron Finley is a very natural speaker. He doesn’t sugarcoat his message, instead he...
10 Ways to be a Great Conference Speaker
You’ve been invited to speak at a conference. How can you make sure that...
What if I Go Blank In The Middle of a Presentation?
But what if despite all the practice, fear or stress gets the better of...
Use Notecards to Increase Your Speaking Confidence
You’ve practiced until you can recite the speech backwards, you know everything, you’re totally...
The FIve Elements of the Perfect Presentation
The Five Elements of the Perfect Presentation from geekspeak training
Speaking Masterclass: Shabana Basij-Rasikh – Dare to educate Afghan girls
A great speech is not about big gestures or performing, it’s about how you...
SpeakTech: Dictate Your Speech
In my last blog entry I spoke about how useful it can be to...
Don’t just speak it, write it down
Sometimes the hardest part of giving a speech is writing it. For me writing...
SpeakTech: How Your Smart Phone Will Help You Become a Better Speaker
One of the most useful tools available for any speaker is close at hand...
SpeakTech: Video, Recording Yourself Speaking
Record your speeches and presentations. Not just the speeches you give in public but...