October 28th, 2019
“You become what you think about” – Earl Nightingale (1921 – 1989)I was listening to a speaker the other day. His main premise was there is no reason to be positive when there is so much wrong with our world today. According to him, you…
October 21st, 2019
“If you can’t write your message in a sentence, you can’t say it in an hour”. – Dianna Daniels BooherViewing the title of this article, you may be saying to yourself, “Of course, writing well helps us to speak well.” However, have you…
October 14th, 2019
” What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language.” – Miuccia PradaFar be it from me to describe myself as a fashion maven. But over the years being in the…
October 9th, 2019
“Hand gestures are really a powerful aspect of communication, from both the speaker’s and the listener’s end,”
– Dr. Carol Kinsey Goman, body language expert and author of The Nonverbal Advantage: Secrets and Science of Body Language at…
September 30th, 2019
“Great speakers find a way of making an early connection with their audience. It can be as simple as walking confidently on stage, looking around, making eye contact with two or three people, and smiling.” – Chris Anderson, TED Talks…
September 23rd, 2019
“ He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle to steady his fellow countrymen and hearten those Europeans upon whom the long dark night of tyranny had descended. ” – Edward R. Murrow, on Winston Churchill, 1954
What did Edward…
September 18th, 2019
“Oratory is the power to talk people out of their sober and natural opinions.” – Joseph ChatfieldJoseph Chatfield had it right. The purpose of your presentations is to reinforce their opinion of your topic if they agree with you and…
September 9th, 2019
“All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.” – Ralph Waldo EmersonWhen I was 7 years old, my parents bought me a used guitar for $15.00. I took lessons and thought I was pretty good at the time. My older brother and I even had a…