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Make your voice more impressive by shutting up! Here’s how
Your voice is the vehicle for transmitting your message when you speak. Yet one of the most effective ways to improving your voice is not speaking, but shutting up! Learn more in this article
Are you a Swiss cheese storyteller?
Swiss cheese cheese is delicious and has featured in many hilarious cartoon sketches involving clever mice and mouse traps. How do I know it was Swiss cheese in those cartoons? Simple, all the holes. Unfortunately, many speakers are Swiss cheese storytellers. That is, they produce Swiss cheese stories and speeches—not because they are rich or delicious or attract mice—but because they are just so full of holes — plot holes.
Speakers with too much baggage
All speakers have baggage. Some more than others. In this article, learn why having too much baggage is a bad idea…
Speaking to inform? Advanced speech arrangement techniques to do it like a pro
Character development in Storytelling! 3 Techniques to make your story WAY more interesting
What do you remember the most from your favourite movies? Is it what happened, or who it happened to? I'll bet it is a little bit of both. Every story—novel, movie, cartoon or speech—needs characters. And these characters are not interesting if they are not developed well…
The ultimate guide to using quotations like a boss! Part 2
A lot of speakers are missing out on the power of quotations in crafting compelling speeches. As a persuasive tool, quotations can lend power and pleasantness to your presentation. But quotations don't just make your presentation pretty, they can be used to do work - real, persuasive, inspirational or informative work…
Use quotes like a boss! The ultimate guide to using quotations in your presentation - Part 1
Let me ask you this: If there was a way to express your entire idea, thought or concept in a short, memorable and pithy phrase, would you use it? Hint: the correct answer is yes 😊. Enter quotes!
Make your persuasive speech make sense - causation matters
A persuasive speech is, among many things, an argument. It is difficult to persuade thoroughly without your position passing the “does it make sense?” test.
7 Magic Numbers every speaker must know
The concept of a magic number is found in virtually every field from cooking to banking to, of course, math. I suspected speaking should be no different. So, I set out to see if my intuition was right. After deconstructing my (and others) most successful presentations and revisiting all the research, it turns out I was on to something…
Are Your Presentations Boring? 3 Tips to keep your audience interested in what you have to say
Have you ever found yourself talking on the phone enthusiastically only to realize that your connection was lost minutes ago? Well, in public speaking, connection with the audience is lost even more often. And what do most speakers do?