Many tools can be implemented for success in delivering your speech, whether you are giving a speech to a public audience, talking with members of a company board meeting, or simply offering a sales presentation. Such tools comprise explaining detailed examples, designing statistical charts, in addition to providing influencing testimony. Below, we will add another public speaking skill to the list and explain four special tips for using “evidence” in a influential speech.
Vischeck, checks your slides (or other visual work) to make sure that color-blind people can actually see it. From the website:
Many pictures, documents and web pages are hard for color blind people to read because the people who designed them didn’t think about the problem. Vischeck lets them check their work for color blind visibility. It is also interesting to anyone who is just plain curious about what the world looks like if you’re color blind.
One in 20 people have some form of color blindness, and the problem is most acute with shades of red and green, so think of this as a way of ensuring that your audience has a fighting chance to pay attention to your slides.
Source: The Eloquent Woman blog http://eloquentwoman.blogspot.com/2009/02/are-your-presentation-slides-colorblind.html
Getting up on stage and speaking is a difficult and demanding thing to do. It’s natural to be nervous and for that nervousness to show. It’s also hard to know how what you are doing up there on stage is perceived by the audience. There are things that speakers do that feel good to them, but which are not actually great for the audience. … more >>
1. Respect (from the audience)
2. Love (to the audience)
There are no doubt important evolutionary reasons why this is true, but in my experience, every great presenter earns the respect of the audience (through her appearance, reputation, posture, voice, slides, introduction, etc.) and captures the attention of the audience by sending them love.
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Designing attractive slide visuals does not need to be a painful task. You don’t need to hire a design firm. You don’t need loads of expensive software.
You can design attractive visuals by following simple guidelines. One of these simple guidelines is the Rule of Thirds — a composition technique borrowed from photography and other visual arts that works wonderfully in PowerPoint.
In this article, you will learn:
* What is the Rule of Thirds?
* How do photographers use the Rule of Thirds?
* How can you apply the Rule of Thirds to Your PowerPoint slides?
Read on …
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“Use Social Media Marketing to Grow Your Speaking & Consulting Business” with Ford Saeks
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But if your content is not relevant to your audience, you are wasting their time.
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The tech event season is beginning to heat up. If you’re a speaker, you know that standing in front of a crowd isn’t half as hard as getting critical feedback on your talks. People who disliked it will generally remain silent or opt for a snarky tweet or two. Those close to you will tell you “You did great!” no matter how poorly you performed. Getting the feedback you need to improve can be the most difficult part of the whole process. Until now. Meet SpeakerRate.
SpeakerRate is designed to help you promote the talks you’re giving – and get that critical feedback you’re seeking.
There are so many ways a room and its set-up can affect yur presentation. It is so important to make sure it works for you – your position, the audience’s position, the equipment, the sound, the heating … Graham Jones used this great example in his tip : Check the room layout for presentations
I was at a meeting the other day when a woman was invited to speak. She stayed where she was in the room to deliver her five minute talk. However, this meant that some people in the room couldn’t see her; others couldn’t hear her. As a result, about half her audience had five minutes of their time wasted. She also wasted much of her time because she didn’t get her message across to half the room.
Where you sit, where you look and how the audience feels is dependent upon room layout. You need to seriously consider all the options before you talk. Get the room layout right and your presentation will be much better. What this means is you should never accept the room as it is – unless it is perfect for you and your audience. Almost every room needs changing in some way so that the audience gains the best from you.
This is the key to using the power of your voice.
The best things to learn are
• The one mistake even professional singers make that drains the power from their voice… and the secret pencil trick that shortcuts your way to a voice that commands respect.
• How to master your natural voice in the shortest time possible… while you improve your level of communication with everyone you meet! (You’ll learn everything those stars paid thousands of dollars for!)
• Why “beginners” are able to use these simple techniques to quickly surpass more experienced professionals… even if you sound like the Wicked Witch of the West!
• How an ordinary pillow helped all-pro linebacker Dick Butkus transform from football star to television analyst. (Not one voice coach in a thousand even suspects the power of this simple technique!)
• A stunning secret revealed by singer Mel Torme which offers an insight into his lifetime success.
• How to instantly diagnose mistakes in your voice — so you’ll never have a communication problem again. No one will ever mistake what you are saying.
• How Lucie Arnaz overcame an allergic reaction that inflamed her vocal folds and used an instant mind-body secret to sing like a nightingale!
• How you can dictate your own identity to the world – as you want it to be – and not have it dictated to you!
“My Name Is Bond – James Bond” – “Arthur Joseph started as a teacher of mine years ago. Over these years, he has become a good friend whose teachings of Vocal Awareness have become a constant in my life. He enlightens with compassion and understanding of the human spirit and above all else, it works.” – Pierce Brosnan, Actor
Isn’t it frustrating? You speak as clear as a bell and people misunderstand what you say. Even worse, people misjudge you for no apparent reason!
People spend thousands on Lasik surgery to improve their eyes, tens of thousands to change their nose, cheeks, and chest, yet not a penny to change the way they sound. But for the first time ever…
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