2-Minute Tip: Textiful One way to avoid overwhelming and stressing your audience is to make resources available after the fact and to let your audience know those resources will, in fact, be available. Ari Meisel recommends Textiful for this. With this tool, you can tell your audience to text a key phrase to a specific number. Now you have an automated dialog with the audience member. You can automatically email…
2-Minute Tip — Remove Filler Words Filler or crutch words are the bane of many a speaker’s existence. The ums, ahs, likes, verys, you knows, and more clutter up our talks and conversation so much we don’t even notice them. They waste time, annoy the audience and distract from your message. So get rid of them. Easier said than done. One technique is to have a friend or colleague listen…
Most people don’t think of leadership in the military as serving those under your command. But then again, Air Force Technical Sergeant Lyle Tard isn’t most people. Join us this week as we talk about #PublicSpeaking, training in the #Military, and the importance Servant Leadership.
2-Minute Tip: Caring is key People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. As with so many strategies for success in speaking, it often comes down to the audience. How well do you know them? How well do you connect with them? Most importantly, do they trust you? Try to connect with the audience and make them feel you care and are listening to…