To Story or Not to Story
A client with no big tip to share, only a story about a jungle trip, got invited back anyway -- a short case for keeping a running story file.
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Tips on Public Speaking: Cheat Clock
A $10 travel clock, kept next to the laptop as a discreet way to track time on stage -- a small, low-tech fix for a common presentation problem.
Tips on Public Speaking: True Eye Contact
The difference between glancing around a room and 'true eye contact' -- landing on one person and finishing a thought with them, as demonstrated by a Toastmasters speaker.
Tips on Public Speaking: Going Over-Time
A hard rule from ten years on the circuit: always write a presentation five minutes shorter than your allotted time, because going over costs more than it seems.
Tips on Public Speaking: The Use of Humor and Story
Watching Joel Osteen's use of self-deprecating humor and story to open and carry a talk, and why speakers should keep a running file of their own stories.
Executive Presentation Skills
Corporate-specific advice on the mechanics that trip up executives: slide balance, which hand to flip a chart with, and recovering from a blunder.
Public Speaking Tip: Taking a Pause
Racing through a speech loses the audience; a well-placed pause after a story or a point lets it land.
Using Eye Contact in Your Presentation
A first-person account of how faking eye contact -- gazing just over the crowd's heads -- quietly sabotaged an early speech, and the fix.
Skills You Need for Public Speaking
The core skills set that carries a presentation: confidence, voice and tone, eye contact, body language, and a strong close.
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