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KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Chris provides keynotes on a variety of topics including: “The art of engaging and informing”, “Public [...]
Do I make myself clear? Pt. 1 – pace
It’s nigh on impossible to deliver a successful speech if people don’t understand what you are saying and are straining to hear/understand you (I invite you to picture their squinting, confused faces) In addition your crowd will certainly not be put into a mindset that is favourable to you if you put them in this [...]
Down with “success-speak”
Much of the coaching I do involves helping people to learn skills and techniques to help them improve as public speakers but sometimes it happens that unlearning things shows itself to be more of a challenge than learning them. Let me explain.
There are a vast array of products and services available to people who wish [...]
Too casual or not too casual?
One of the greatest gifts that a speaker can possess is to be themselves; to speak in their own voice without being burdened by a constructed or artificial style. For some people this comes naturally, for others it takes time to define and learn to control the factors that define how the construct and deliver [...]
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End your fear of public speaking – part 3 – memory
Memorizing your material is one of those obstacles that simply cannot be avoided without actually reading it directly from the page or screen, but there are ways of making the process a little easier. How easy or difficult a speech is to remember often has [...]
End your fear of public speaking – Part 2 – “Tricks”
In the last blog I covered some of the things to consider before you even start writing your speech – things that will help you to determine how to write a speech that will really suit your own style and personality and…..be easy to remember. [...]
End your fear of public speaking – part 1
I had quite a bit of interest in my blogpost “The imaginary fear of public speaking” where I addressed the subject in a general way.I would now like to start a series that covers some practical solutions to this all too common concern.
One of the greatest fears [...]
5 reasons why you shouldn’t speak like Barack Obama
On January 20, 2009 1.8 million people gathered on the US Capitol grounds, the National Mall, and the parade route in Washington D.C. for the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama. Nearly 38 million Americans watched inauguration coverage on television, the most popular Inauguration Day on TV since Ronald Reagan [...]
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