Is It Okay to Speak While Holding Notes? This is one of the most commonly asked questions and problems of novice speakers. Most of us have been taught to write essays and we have read many books, so when it comes to preparing for a speech, we are great at writing the speech. The Problem […]
Is it OK to read from notes, if I have Public Speaking Anxiety? Read More »
How Negative Feedback Shapes Our Actions and Mindset Why One Bad Experience Can Stop Us from Trying Again As with many things in life, we base our next action on a past response or experience. A single bad experience can stop us from trying again, simply because it made us afraid. Our interpretation of feedback
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Maybe some of my Toastmasters and professional speakers can relate to this stage fright. We have all had it at some point or another and some of us may still have it. I for sure can relate to this. Many times the feeling hits me hard. What am I doing here? I am nobody, pretending
What happens to you when you are standing in the spotlight just before your speech? Read More »
For those of you who know me, I am a member of Toastmaster\’s international and it plays a huge part in my life. This is where I practice what I teach entrepreneurs, communication, leadership, and much more. Every year Toastmasters holds an International Speech competition that starts at the club level. There are some 16,600
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Over the past two to three years, I have started a presentation titled “Passion and Vision: The ingredients of a successful Startup” mostly for entrepreneurs but as time passes I see this applicable to everything in our life. Several months ago, I presented a workshop on Passion & Vision: Learn how to speak from the
Yesterday I was at another startup event where three different founders pitched their startup. While speaking in English was difficult for two of the founders and they struggled through the presentation, one thing was common in all of them. Lack of Clarity and Focus. It just happens that a few days earlier I had read
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We are halfway through on how to create an awesome pitchdeck for your startup. This post is part 3 of 5 and today I will explain how and why the WHY you are doing this is important. As I said in the first blog THE WHY is probably what makes it or breaks it. Are you
Tip 3- Simply tell me WHY you do WHAT you do. Read More »