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Set-Up for You for Your Presentation

  Set-Up for You for Your Presentation Hello Everybody, For this week’s clear English speech coaching, we have a speech tip video below. Also, here are a couple of tips for the set-up for you for your presentation.     Don’t let the audiovisual staff run your show. Turn the lights up bright, so you […]

Jolt them with a headline!

Jolt them with a headline.   For this week’s clear English speech coaching, we have a speech tip video below. Also, here is a tip for grabbing the attention of an audience: Jolt them with a headline.   A headline is a statement that surprises or challenges them.     Three rules for a headline […]

Tips for Story Telling

Tips for Story Telling    For this week’s clear English speech coaching, we have a speech tip video below. Also, here are tips for story telling in a presentation… or conversation.       The hard thing is to begin.   There is a right way and a wrong way to start a story, whether […]

The Entire World Loves a Story

For this week’s clear English speech coaching, we have a speech tip video below. Also, here are tips for telling a story as part of your presentation… or conversation:   THE ENTIRE WORLD LOVES A STORY   So find one. You won’t have to look that hard. You need to look inside yourself and decide […]

Tips for Being a Masterful Presenter

Tips for Being a Masterful Presenter 1.    An effective presentation builds a relationship with people who are giving you the gift of their time and attention. You may be able to require their time, but you have to earn their attention. 2.    To paraphrase Lani Arrendondo, to relate like a Pro or master of communication, […]

Organizing Your Presentation Like a Pro

For this week’s clear English speech coaching, we have a speech tip video below.  Also, here are tips for organizing your presentation like a pro.   The scenario:  You are asked to do a presentation. Perhaps it is at a lunch or you are asked to talk as part of a team. You were asked […]

Public Speaking : How Long for the First Draft & Best Format for Delivery

Public Speaking : How Long for the First Draft & Best Format for Delivery   I love learning from other people.  I love going to experts and figuring out their tricks and secrets.  For presentations, I like to be successful.  I like to enjoy the process.  Top pros are successful and enjoy the process.  Here’s […]

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 […]

The Rule of Three!

The Rule of Three!    For this week’s clear English speech coaching, we have a speech tip video below. Also, do the Rule of Three. Every great message contains at least one but not more than three key points.   1. Why should you follow the Rule of Three? People are so swamped with information, […]

Understanding Americans’ Nonverbal Behavior

On Thursday August 22, 2013 Dr. Antonia Johnson did a workshop “Understanding Americans’ Nonverbal Behavior” for international teaching assistants at the University of Colorado at Boulder for the Fall Intensive Training. Here are brief summaries of those articles and bibliography information compiled by Grace Sanders.               Summaries of Articles […]