Use this checklist to determine if you are making mistakes with your presence when you speak in public: 1. Are you using your bio as your opening (“but first, a little bit about me”)? Inexperienced speakers sometimes bait and switch: They open by tempting the audience with the promise of a fascinating topic – […]
Use this checklist to determine if you are making mistakes with your message when you speak in public: 1. Are you being unclear about your purpose? If you can’t state in one sentence the purpose of your talk, you’ll find yourself including information that does not connect, is irrelevant or both. The fix: Take […]
Use this checklist to determine if you are making mistakes with your style when you speak in public: 1. Are you failing to reveal a little bit of yourself and your personality to the audience? As humans, we crave connection. The moment you reveal something about yourself to your audience is the moment you […]
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