Whenever you think about tips for giving a successful presentation, you usually see more people telling you about things that you should do to give a good presentation. You should practice. You should add a little humor. You should know your audience. You should keep your presentation relevant. But, what about the things that you…
Category: Communication Skills
The Necessity of Persistence in Public Speaking
When we start to learn any new thing, we never advance steadily or improve gradually. We do it by sudden jerks, and by abrupt starts. Then we remain stationary for a time, or we may even slip back and lose some of the ground we have previously gained. These periods of stagnation, or retrogression, are…
People Will Judge You by the Speech You Use
We are judged each day by our speech. Our words reveal our refinements; they tell the discerning listener of the company we have kept; they are the hallmarks of education and culture. Dale Carnegie said that we have only four contacts with the world: We are evaluated and classified by what do, by how we…
7 Tips for Being a Better Public Speaker
Giving presentations is a big part of the business world and, for some, in their everyday lives. But, why does public speaking come so naturally to some people and others seem to collapse under the pressure? Some of it has to do with personality and self-confidence. But a lot of it has to do with…