How to Prepare your Mind/Body to Give Great Speeches

Sure you have catecholamines – all speakers do. (including Sir Winston Churchill and Presidents Kennedy, Carter, and Reagan.) Those are the chemicals that make you sweat, make your heart beat fast...

Top 7 Steps to Better Public Speaking

Whether you want to be a part time, full time or BIG time speaker you must speak, speak, speak. At first, deliver 25-30 minute free talks to service clubs and community organizations. Consider it ...

Making Transitions

Ever notice how smoothly some speakers or writers move you through their speech or memo? It seems they effortlessly take you from start to finish without making you strain to follow. Yet, while the r...

Get Real

Humans are born storytellers, but our education system doesn’t help us develop these natural talents that we all have. Instead, society increasingly homogenizes us, covering up the things that make us unique. The media, too, bombards us with messages that encourage us to emulate the celebrity of the week, or to try the latest fad.

Earn Your C's as A Speaker

Franklin Delano Roosevelt had some good advice for the public speaker when he said, be sincere, be brief, be seated. Be simple, natural and effective and earn your C’s. 1. Be fully Committed to your...

Beating Your Fear of Public Speaking

Knocking knees, butterflies (who came up with that word?) in your stomach, sweaty palms, quavering voice. We’ve all been there – some of us more than others. I’m going to share with you some of the t...

Start Conversations as Easily as You Start a Car

Starting a car is easy. Put the key in, turn it, and the car starts. Would it not be great if starting a conversation was this easy? It can be--if you know how! Unfortunately, many people don't know ...

How VALUABLE is Your Speaking Topic?

Most speakers think they are giving great value to the audience. How can you make sure this is true? This article will give you some tips on making sure vlaue is a part of your delivery.

How to Use your Inner Circle

Learn about using your inner circle to gain speaking engagements for promoting your business. It is a matter of who you know and how to get to the right person.

How to Get Paid to Speak

Speaking for free is easy, getting paid is another story. This article discusses how to get paid for speaking engagements.

How to Become a More Persuasive Speaker: A Systems Approach

This article provides an outline of the Tracy Presentation Skills S3P3 System for planning, practicing and presenting. The objective of the article is to show both the importance of persuasive speaking for career success and an easy-to-learn method to become a persuasive speaker.

A Perfect Meeting: AKA When You Don't Want to Strangle the Speaker

Have you ever worked for weeks or even months, often far beyond normal office hours on a special meeting event only to have it turn into THE PERFECT STORM. Well, maybe your entire crew didn't perish at sea, but there were those clearly identifiable moments when it looked as if the ship was about to capsize. Although many meeting goblins can contribute to such disasters, sometimes the speaker can be one of the contributing causes. How can such terrors be avoided?

If You Aren't a Little Nervous, You Aren't Paying Attention

The fear of public speaking is one of the most common forms of phobia. That would be fine if this fear did not hold you back in your social and career advancement. The opposite of fear is confidence. Here are a few ways to approach the whole terrifying concept of public speaking that will help bring the fear down and bring the confidence up.

How To Make A Blue Ribbon Presentation Every Time

You can make a Blue Ribbon presentation each and every time if you follow these 14 rules.