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David Otey ~ Public Speaking Coach for Scientific Professionals
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David Otey ~ Public Speaking Coach for Scientific ProfessionalsDavid Otey ~ Public Speaking Coach for Scientific Professionals
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  • Home
  • Meet David
  • Most-Requested Programs
    • The Art of Connecting
    • Communicating Science, Fast and Slow
    • How to Connect, Convey, and Convince
    • Speaker Inquiry Form
  • Coaching
  • Public Speaking Books
  • Contact David

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Write Your Speech for the Ear

Mastering Delivery SkillsBy David OteyMarch 5, 2019Leave a comment

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…

Don’t repeat my rookie mistakes!

Avoid These Public Speaking MistakesBy David OteyJanuary 22, 2019Leave a comment

How well I remember my first public presentation! It was at a national convention of broadcast engineers, circa 1990. Big meeting room, sparsely populated. Lights dimmed to favor the projection screen, leaving little light on the presenter. I did little more than narrate my slides. If there was a story in there anywhere, I can’t…

Finding the Story in Your Information

The How & Why of StorytellingBy David OteyJanuary 8, 2019Leave a comment

Every speaker wants to connect with the audience. Without connection, no transformation takes place. Information alone is not enough to engage the listener and forge the emotional connection that will change the audience’s condition. For that, you need stories. Stories, and the oxytocin that results from experiencing them, are how we forge bonds of empathy with…

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