Speech Expert Notes The Best Times For Running Seminars

Should you do breakfast or luncheon meetings, weekday, weekend or evening sessions? Dr. Gary S. Goodman, speech and seminar expert, best-selling author of 12 books, and consultant to the Fortune 1000 tells all (or at least some!) in this article.

Seminar Expert Says: 'Teaching The Evaluations' Makes Good Business Sense

You prepared, you marketed, you sold a company on trying your wonderful seminar, and now that the end of the program is coming, a moment of truth looms. You’re about to distribute the all-important course evaluations. Will you sink or swim? Will that fellow that has been scowling during the past day or two shaft you?

Al Gore, A Public Speaking Role Model?

TJ Walker explains why Al Gore speaking style should be studied.

Speech Expert Says: Above All, Be Liked!

It pays great dividends to be liked by your audiences, as the careers of Presidents Truman, Kennedy, Reagan, and George W. Bush illustrate, says Dr. Gary S. Goodman, popular keynote speaker and speech expert, best-selling author, and frequent guest on radio and TV, worldwide.

10 Steps to a More Dynamic Voice!

You can do a Voice Makeover! But first you must Become Aware of Yourself and Your Voice. Just begin to listen to yourself and notice what might need work. Notice others' voices, too. What is it that makes one voice attractive and another so grating? As a voice improvement coach for over twenty years, Karen has worked with hundreds of clients who have learned that the most important step in attaining a more dynamic voice involves doing what you do every moment of your life: Breathing!

Motivational Speakers - Creating a Vehicle for Dreams

Motivation is the fuel that feeds our dreams and drives us to succeed, and the right motivational speaker can change your next training event from an arbitrary collection of dos and don’ts to a pit stop that will breathe new life into your business.

He Wore His Best Tie and Forgot To Wear His Smile

Imagine getting all dressed up for your big presentation and then standing in front of the audience with a grumpy look or a frown on your face. Would you win the audience? I suspect not.

Speak With a Relaxed Body and Mind

Learn some tricks and tips on how to speak with a relaxed body and mind

Let Your Inner Fire Out

The day is come. The hour is here. The moment is at hand. You’re introduced. (Deep breath.) The applause dies down. You're on. (Another deep breath.) This is the opportunity you’ve yearned for, hungered for, prepared for.

Model Relentless Diligence

Jan Vermeer, reaching deep within for a capacity never before considered possible, laboring long and finally succeeding in painting light. . .

3 Essentials in Planning a Craft Presentation

Sharing your passion with others can be both exciting and daunting. It gives you the chance to interest and educate your audience - but only if you're prepared. Take time out to plan what you'll do and say, as much as what you'll take, and you'll soon be giving talks no-one will want to miss.

Fear Of Public Speaking - You're Not Alone

How many times have you attended a public meeting where you did have something important to say, but your fear of speaking in public kept you silent? You are not alone in this regard because there are many people that have a great fear of public speaking. This is something that you do have to get used to. While you can easily voice your opinion when you are in a small group of people whom you know well, it is an entirely different situation when you are faced with speaking in front of a group of strangers.

So, You Want To Be A Professional Speaker?

This Article describes what it takes to become a successful professional speaker.

Public Speakers! There's More to Being a Speaker than Just Talking: 6 Rules of the Table

Unless you've been fortunate enough (?) to have been raised in a 1950's sort of family, you may be completely unaware of some of the things I'm about to address. Certainly, today's ads on television would leave you, not only clueless, but mis-clued.