Here’s another speaking tip: write better. What, you don’t write your speeches? You should. The best speeches aren’t written—they’re re-written. Editing is to a speech as polishing is to a rock; it can turn it into a gem. And you can’t edit what’s not written down to begin with. Writing out your speech offers several…
You’ve given a speech and captured it on video. Congratulations! Now what? What you do next depends on the strength of your desire to improve. For my purposes, I’m going to assume you’re not one of those speakers who will simply let that video languish, un-viewed. Instead, you want to use your video as a…
Congratulations: you’ve sufficiently overcome your fear of public speaking to get up in front of an audience and give that presentation you’ve been practicing. But wait! Now there is a whole new source of anxiety awaiting you: the dreaded question-and-answer (Q&A) session, where many a train of thought has completely derailed. The very nature of…