Another way to be a highly persuasive speaker is to be “real.” Your audience will find you more trustworthy, and so they will be more willing to hear–and agree with–your point of view. To do this, understand what you are… Read More »Find a Sense of Truth to be Persuasive
Lately, I’ve been noticing principles that great speakers use to guide them. I’ve talked about this before. I like when speakers start by answering a question for the audience: “Why is this important to me?” I also notice when speakers… Read More »More Ways to Be a Highly Persuasive Speaker
Last week we looked at a good way to start a talk if you need to be persuasive–answer “What’s in it for me?” for your audience. Get their attention right away, and you’ve got time and content to win them… Read More »Find Passion to be Persuasive
For a presenter, few moments are better than feeling you have the audience in the palm of your hand. And few are more painful than feeling the gulf between you and your listeners getting wider and wider. Over the next few… Read More »Highly Persuasive Speakers Do This
For great advice on how to introduce a speaker, look no further than Richard C. Borden’s 1935 classic Public Speaking as Listeners Like It. Answer the following four simple questions briefly and skillfully, and you will effortlessly create a pleasant… Read More »9 Tips on How to Introduce a Speaker
Every idea is an incitement… Eloquence may set fire to reason. –Oliver Wendell Holmes Gram Parsons, an extremely influential musical artist credited with helping to found country rock, was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist. He played with the Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers,… Read More »Eloquence is reason set on fire