Posts Tagged ‘Communicating with Confidence’
How to Make Your Visuals & Slides Impactful & Never Boring
Visuals must assist and support. It is not a tool you use to direct or control your speech. You alone direct and control your speech. Many speakers make a major mistake of using a Power Point to make their speech for them. It is a big mistake. Ugh, death by Power Point. Visuals, audios, handouts, illustrations, whatever might assist or support…
Read MoreFill Your Big Fat Funnel With Leads, Leads, Leads
I’m excited to forward you this extremely useful article from my good friend,Technology Company CEO and Advisor, Alex Eckelberry. Hope you find it helpful in acquiring more prospects and clients. The road to prosperity: The fat funnel Leads, leads, leads! Ask a sales person what they want, and the answer is simple: Leads. And not…
Read MoreThe Real Art of Inspiring Others
How do you get to the place where you can inspire people by speaking, presenting or giving a speech? You begin by really believing in what you’re saying by having conviction about what you’re expressing and being whole and undiluted about the principles you’re teaching your audience. You’re getting them to see something they haven’t…
Read MoreJoe Yazbeck’s 30 No Fear Speaking Tips
The following thirty tips serve as a distillation of the key lessons learned from the materials of the book, No Fear Speaking by Joe Yazbeck. Feel free to review them anytime you have an upcoming speech or presentation and to use them as a reference guide. As long as you keep these tips and guidelines…
Read More3 Major Keys To Guarantee An Inspired Audience
* This article is an excerpt from the upcoming, highly anticipated book by Joe Yazbeck, No Fear Speaking: High-Impact Presentation Skills & Public Speaking Secrets to Inspire & Influence Any Audience Inspiration is a natural result of the highly desirable connection you create with your audience because of your compelling, expressive communication with them. There…
Read MoreBuilding Speaker Credibility with Support Sources
When you make a point, be it a major one or perhaps a sub-point in the course of your speech, I believe it’s extremely prudent to back it up with materials and sources that will give it credibility. Such support sources have the power to add authority to what you’re saying and give weight to…
Read MoreThe Do’s & Don’ts of Using Visual Aids
Visuals must assist and support. It is not a tool you use to direct or control your speech. You alone direct and control your speech. Many speakers make a major mistake of using a Power Point to make their speech for them. It is a big mistake. Visuals, audios, handouts, illustrations, whatever might assist or support your communication and…
Read MoreSpeaking With Charisma
Charisma is the ability to attract, charm, and influence the people around you. It is that “magic” that some people have. Some call it attractive personality, inspiration, influence or a brightness. Charismatic people are like diamonds; they sparkle and shine with personality and are immediately noticed in a crowd. Upon entering a room, they have…
Read MoreMotivating Your Audience To Take Action
Evoking emotion is often used in sales training, because without emotion, nobody buys the product or service you are selling. The word emotion actually has “motion” in it; it is the method of moving people The speaker can move an audience if the points being made add credibility to the plea or call for action.…
Read MoreVariety vs Monotony or How to Never Be a Boring Speaker
Variety and monotony are total opposites. While variety wins the audience over, monotony is boring and an audience killer. It is a destroyer of a quality presentation. Variety is conversational and a natural connector. That’s why I like unscripted speeches. The speaker knows the material and just needs to connect it to the audience. Speakers…
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