A Clever Technique for Breathing Before a Presentation
A Clever Technique for Breathing Before a Presentation I love this tip for helping your breathing before a presentation. Take a good abdominal-diaphragmatic breath about 10 seconds before you are going to start your presentation. Take another good abdominal-diaphragmatic breath just before you begin your opening line. These two deep breaths will build your air supply. […]
The Top 10 Public Speaking Tips from Broadcasters
The Top 10 Public Speaking Tips from Broadcasters Everyone is asked to answer questions about work or academic topics or issues. It could be in a meeting, when you are asked to describe your project. It could be in a class, when you are asked to describe your experience with a topic or analyze an […]
Choppy Speech and the Breathing Solution
Choppy Speech and the Breathing Solution Here is a problem that can happen with poor breathing during presentation speaking: Poor breathing may result in choppy disjointed speech that can happen when you take a breath pause at the wrong time. The solution: do greater inhalations using the diaphragm and abdominal muscles. Mark your script […]
Accent Reduction: Best Strategies for HOW To Learn Accurate, Clear English Speaking
Accent Reduction: Best Strategies for HOW To Learn Accurate, Clear English Speaking Before we get to the best strategies for HOW to learn accurate, clear English speaking, let’s ask the important WHY question. So why do you need to know how to learn the skills for reducing your accent and making your English easy to understand? The […]
English Pronunciation: Smart Learning Strategies for Accent Reduction
English Pronunciation: Smart Learning Strategies for Accent Reduction Here is more of the story about training and learning to speak clear English and get accurate English pronunciation. What’s the key to effective learning — whether learning to speak clear English or reduce one’s accent, or any kind of learning? One intriguing body of research […]
Public Speaking Skills: How Much Time To Prepare for A Speech
Public Speaking Skills: How Much Time To Prepare for A Speech Don’t you just hate the mad scramble for getting ready for a presentation. You can avoid that scramble. The top professionals – the top pros –do. Here are their secrets: How much time to prepare for a speech? Start right away. Even if […]
English Speaking Communication: Presentations- Secrets of the Pros for Reading a Speech
English Speaking Communication: Presentations- Secrets of the Pros for Reading a Speech Sometimes pros will read their speech. I’ve seen pros look and sound very, very good. They used special strategies to maximize the effectiveness of their presentation. Here are some of my favorite tips and strategies from the pros: No matter what format […]
From Weakness to Excellence for You: A Lesson for English Pronunciation
From Weakness to Excellence for You: A Lesson for English Pronunciation I love reading the sports news. It tells stories of heroes. People say Michael Jordan is one of the greatest sportsmen in history. His extraordinary success can be linked to a single quality. His story can be a guiding light for you. Let me […]
Getting the American Accent : “Never Say Never”
And this from Raul, on Facebook Hi Antonia,Would you please do a video and use as a topic “never say never”. I believe the majority of us think we are not going to go further into learning clear English speech. However, life pushes us to take more instruction and classes on this subject. Our jobs demand more […]