public speaking

Pausing for Effect: Seven Reasons Pauses Enhance Your Speeches and Presentations (and Eight Ways to Ace Them!)

Inexperienced speakers HATE the idea of “dead air” when they have command of an audience.  Why are so many of us so afraid of silence? Perhaps we fear the audience will consider us inept, or...

Persuasive Speechwriting: Six Solid Tips

I recently came across this article by Adam Frankel, former head speechwriter for President Barack Obama, and loved both the conversational style and the very practical advice he offers.  Here’s...

Five Speaking Tips from the Most Popular TED Talks

This quick analysis, originally published by THEBOSS, gives some very practical pointers for your next presentation! I’m reprinting it below. Thanks to Ian Griffin of Professionally Speaking–http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/– for sharing it!...