October 14 is Face Your Fears Day. Many people report public speaking as their number one fear–so why not use this upcoming “holiday” to push past that fear. [ctt tweet=”October 14 is Face Your Fears Day. Learn more @simswyeth” coverup=”WY53g”]… Read More »Face Your Fears: Ways to Conquer Stage Fright… Really!
By some accounts, public speaking is the No. 1 fear in America. Millions of people are limiting their careers because of this irrational fear. Let’s define stage fright. For me, it’s a cold, clammy feeling of anxiety that churns in… Read More »Proven Ways to Cure Stage Fright
We’re looking at ways you can pump up the “AWESOME” of your presentations. Surprisingly, we’re not scrutinizing the communication techniques of Steve Jobs–we’re looking at a guy from the 1850s named Henry Ward Beecher. It isn’t crazy. Beecher was a… Read More »More ways to be a rock star speaker
When Steve Jobs got into high gear as a speaker, many people reported that he seemed to have a reality-distortion field around him. No matter how unrealistic his claims at any given moment, people said they couldn’t help being mesmerized:… Read More »How to be a rock star speaker
Every speaker struggles with a balance: A talk needs to be brief enough and interesting enough to ensure an audience will hear it, but it also needs to contain all of the information that the audience needs to know. Use… Read More »Capture Attention–4 Ways to Get Through to Your Listeners
In this series of posts, we’re looking at ways to capture attention and keep it. I make a distinction between “neck up” attention and “neck down” attention. The former is when the listener has to make an effort to pay attention.… Read More »More Ways to Capture Attention