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Here are six public speaking tips that you can add to any speech and make an instant improvement. • Using fingers • Transitions • Eye Contact • Hand Gestures • Voice Inflections • Facial Expressions The key to improving your speaking skills is to write your speech/script out on paper. Once you see the words, you […]
Read More »Pause – The Internet loves telling people to replace ahs and ums with a pause or silence. This is way easier said than done. Standing in front of a group of people and watching them stare back at you is not easy, and most advanced speakers find it difficult to do. Yet, with practice and […]
Read More »“If a picture paints thousand words than your facial expression should be at least a couple hundred”, by Dale Obrochta Are you like me and enjoy watching speakers with great facial expressions with their message? When I see these presentations, I’m entertained. I grade the speaker higher at a conference. It wasn’t until I started studying […]
Read More »During the holiday many people think Santa is running the show. Yet for those in the trenches, it’s the worker elf that does it all, don’t you know. I’m here to help keep those worker elves from getting coal in their Christmas stocking. Be careful so you don’t regret posting any pictures that could be […]
Read More »OK, so it is National Stress Awareness Day. So now that I’m aware of my stress, what do I do to reduce it? I researched and learned that the AMA reported that in the past 5 years, 44% of Americans had had an increase in psychological stress. This puts a dramatic toll on the financial […]
Read More »If you walked by my house today, you might have heard my son’s name being yelled. He was in full hyper-mode; the cold winter is not allowing him to go outside and burn off that extra energy, an activity that he so desperately needs as a child. I think it was the fifth time, which […]
Read More »The smile is a powerful weapon; it can bring people out of depression, add personality to your voice, and influence other behaviors. Everyone has the ability to smile. Studies have shown that smiling has an internal effect on ourselves. If you are feeling sluggish, look in a mirror and force a smile on your face. […]
Read More »In school, kids would mock me, “It’s easy”, you always say, “it’s easy”. For me school was not easy, but I always felt I could achieve anything. I was confident, I did not need a mental block of say “It’s hard, and I cannot do it.” I just did it, right or wrong, I did […]
Read More »That new gen-x sales guy is a real go-getter. First day on the job he sets a new company record. Over one thousand personal text messages sent without getting caught. Several decades ago, managers where outraged at the number of email employees sent around the office. It was not the amount of emails, but the […]
Read More »Shielded in Teflon, a personality that just does not care, millions on the line, and celebrities keep trashing their image and laughing all the way to the bank. These individuals are gambling on their performing skills to overcome controversy and our ability to forget their misgivings. Call it ego or just stupidity, they keep advancing […]
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