3 smart steps to achieve your goals
It’s that time of year again! New Year’s resolutions. The time to set goals for even greater success. Have you made a new year’s resolution? Are you all ready to achieve your goals in 2020 or even the next few…
Pause with purpose for meaning, clarity and impact
Pause with purpose to add meaning, clarity and impact to your speeches and presentations. In the words of Mark Twain: “The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.” I love…
Good timing – 3 steps to speaking to time
We’ve all been on the receiving end of speeches that overrun. Timing it right means producing and delivering speeches and presentations that stay within the time you’ve been allocated. This shows respect for yourself, your audience and the event organisers,…
Perfectionism – the curse of speakers
Perfectionism is the curse of speakers and presenters and a challenge for managers. Worse, it’s on the rise. What kind of perfectionism plagues you? What kind of perfectionism gets in your way? Excellence-seeking perfectionism that makes you fixate on, and…
Speak and claim your voice
Women are half the world’s population, but they are not half the world’s public voice. For myriad complex reasons from being too busy with other responsibilities to oppressing perfectionism, women are not taking up opportunities to speak in public, they…
Speaking creativity boosts pep up your speeches
Are you tired of giving the same old speeches? Feel there’s something missing, a lack of pizzazz? Do you worry that you’re not developing as a speaker compared to other speakers you come across or wonder how some people can…
Giving speeches in other languages
Many of us find it hard enough to give an effective speech or presentation in our mother tongue. So, imagine trying to do it in a second or even third language. Fortunately, with the right coaching and practice, you can…
L’appareil-photo ne ment jamais!
L'appareil-photo ne ment jamais! or The camera never lies! A speech in French about the creation of meaning in a photograph. I suggest that the camera itself does not produce meaning. Rather, it is nothing more than…
Speaking sweet spot – inspirational workshops
It's wonderful to learn that Now You're Talking workshops are finding the speaking sweet spot, inspiring and helping people with their public speaking and presentation skills. Entitled Overcoming butterflies, here's what Chloe Bartlem from Razor Research had to say about…
Contrast is key to powerful persuasion
Contrast is key if you want to persuade anyone to your point of view or proposed course of action. Blending into the background is not an option. Contrast blocks out the other demands competing for your listeners' attention and helps…
