For most of the people I help awareness is the key top reducing ums and ahs. Generally they are unaware that the ums and ahs are slipping out of their mouth when they deliver a presentation. And, over the course of a session when they are told how many have escaped they are quite shocked. [...]

The most popular three words used to fill empty air. Most of us are uncomfortable with the thought of having nothing to say while we think of the next word or sentence so we pollute the ears of our audiences with Um’s, Ah’s, and maybe a few you knows. The result is a completely unprofessional [...]

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Clutter can just gather without you even realising it. This is especially true when you have kids, clutter will just appear, minutes after you’ve cleared it away.  I’m not going to offer you a silver bullet technique that will keep your life clutter free (if you have one please let me know), but I will [...]

I’ve been brainstorming ideas for a speech I’m writing ahead of the start of competition that leads to the World Champion of Public speaking being crowned in August. While I moulded some ideas I’ve come across a very useful online resource – A site of quotes. Yes, there are plenty of quote sites around, but [...]

The natural tendency for nervous or inexperienced speakers is to head to center stage and being talking as soon as they are introduced. Confident speakers do the opposite. They head to center stage, smile and look at the audience – taking the time to make eye contact with all sections of the audience. Then, when [...]

Receiving feedback can be a very humbling experience, but it is also the best way to advance your skills. Any advancement you can make will be limited by the ability of the provider of the feedback. If they are inexperienced or have only a superficial appreciation of the skills you are looking to develop then [...]

If you’re in the situation where you need to share some technical (or “heavy”) information with your audience then the Tell Tell Tell structure is going to be most appropriate for you to use. The premise behind the Tell Tell Tell structure is continuous reinforcement. It’s unreasonable to expect your audience to understand something detailed [...]

The thought of answering a question at a meeting or having to speak at short notice is something that can cripple some – almost to the point of inability to speak. I’m not going to claim a simple structure will remove all the fear and doubt you may harbour when it comes to impromptu speaking [...]

The second in this series of speech structures that you may want to utilize from time to time is affectionately referred to as the PREP structure, or Point Reason Example Point. You’ll find the PREP structure is most useful to you when you are in the situation where you need to persuade your audience to [...]