A Brilliant Opener to Your Presentations
A Brilliant Opener to Your Presentations For today’s dollop of clear English speech coaching, we give you a speech tip video below. Here’s more on a brilliant opener to your presentations—the story or anecdote. 1. An anecdote briefly describes an incident that’s interesting, amusing or biographical. All three together are sure to get attention. That’s […]
Earn Your Audience’s Attention!
Earn Your Audience’s Attention! For this week’s dose of clear English speech coaching, we have a speech tip video below. Also, let’s turn our attention to those first words for your presentation. 1. The audience has given you their time. But their attention is something you have to earn. 2. The only way you […]
Pauses In A Presentation, Part Two
Pauses In A Presentation, Part Two For your weekly dose of clear English coaching, we have a weekly speech tip video below. Do you want to know a brilliant tactic for pausing at the beginning of a presentation? 1. Brilliantly effective is this: When you are first introduced, upon arriving at the podium or your […]
Pauses In A Presentation, Part One
Pauses In A Presentation, Part One For your weekly dose of clear English coaching, we have a weekly speech tip video below. Now hear this: If you are an ESLer, your audience welcomes pauses in a presentation. If it is a lengthy pause of more than two seconds, smile at them, so they won’t think you forgot […]
What About Variety?
What About Variety? For your weekly dose of clear English coaching, we have a weekly speech tip video below. What about variety? We all crave variety: different places, different things,different people. This is especially true in a presentation where the audience may take any excuse to tune out. By giving the audience vocal variety, you give […]
Dear Friend Letter from a Grieving Person
Dear Friend Letter from a Grieving Person I found it. I got it on May 23rd, the last and fourth night of my four week grief support group. It’s a letter given to the 10 of us for sending to friends. Why would grieving people need to send a letter to friends? A letter to educate friends (and family!) about […]
The Danger of Becoming Overly Enthusiastic
The Danger of Becoming Overly Enthusiastic For your weekly dose of clear English coaching, we have a weekly speech tip video below. Let’s turn our attention now to the danger of becoming overly enthusiastic and perhaps intimidating or irritating an audience. 1. If you notice your voice elevating almost to the point of shouting, bring […]
How to Communicate With a Grieving Person
How to Communicate With a Grieving Person Life is a series of births and deaths. From death to rebirth and renewal – sometimes in unexpected ways. A couple of years ago, I read a great article on how to talk to a grieving person. Most powerful and memorable for me was the advice to use […]
Believe In What You Are Selling! Elevate Your Emotions
For your weekly dose of clear English speech coaching, we have a weekly speech tip video below. For your weekly dose of clear, successful communication, let me paraphrase Michael Klepper. There are speeches where you are selling. You’re selling a concept. You’re selling your organization’s capabilities. You’re selling a product. You’re selling a service. Most importantly, you’re selling […]
American Accent Training: What does it take to make a habit?
How do you form a habit? Neuroscientists tell us it takes doing a new pattern a thousand times before we make a neural trace in our brains. Neuroscientists tell us it takes 70 days of practice every day to change a habit. They say it takes 10,000 times of practice before a pattern is a habit. The […]