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SpeakerByte #41: Punctuate Your Presentation with Movement
When speakers remain still or hide behind a podium, they appear stiff and unnatural. Use your entire body to help express what you are saying. When you’re passionate about a topic or engrossed in a...
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SpeakerByte #42: Q&A – Invite Questions and Comments
Your audience wants to be involved, to connect with you and your knowledge — Q&A is their chance participate in the discussion. When facilitating a Q&A session keep in mind that a listener...
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SpeakerByte #43: Be Remarkable
Tommy Hilcken, a well-known motivational humorist and a valued colleague, once shared with me that every time he steps up to speak his goal is to be “remarkable.” What a worthy goal for every...
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SpeakerQuestion: How do I tell a personal story?
From the platform to the boardroom, Stephanie Scotti answers your questions on engaging, involving and inspiring your audience. Have a question? Submit it here and Stephanie will get back to you. Q:...
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3 Presentation Peeves: Add them to your resolution list
Pet peeves. Those mundane (yet infuriating) habits that get under your skin and drive you crazy! We all have them. Perhaps your pet peeve is drivers who don’t use turn signals. No? How about someone...
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SpeakerQuestion: What can I do about dry mouth?
Dry mouth is usually because of nerves. There are quite a few do’s and don’ts to help deal with this annoying problem. First, caffeine and alcohol can both cause dehydration, so avoid them before you...
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Top 5 Tips for New Year’s Toasts
As we say so-long to 2012, here is a post you might find helpful to welcome in the New Year! Top 5 Tips for New Year’s Toasts. Thank you Maggie for sharing! Wishing you a joyful and prosperous New...
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SpeakerByte #53: Extend the Conversation
Continuing the conversation after delivering prepared remarks engages your audience and extends the impact of your message Take a few minutes to listen and respond to listeners’ questions and...
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SpeakerEvent: Behind the Scenes at the 2013 Sapphire NOW + ASUG Conference
The 2013 Sapphire NOW + ASUG Conference opened on Tuesday, May 14th at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. This 3-day event will attract 20,000+ IT decision-makers from around the...
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Segue Lessons on a Segway Tour
Visitors to Raleigh, NC who want a novel and fun tour of the historic district have the option of site-seeing via a Segway. Recently, while entertaining some out-of-town guests, we decided to take...
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SpeakerByte #58: Focus on Intention NOT Precision
After investing the time and energy to clarify and organize your message, it can be tempting to want to be precise in what you say; wanting to use the exact words or phrases you agonized over when...
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Top Blog Posts
In case you missed them, here are the top 3 most popular posts over the past 30 days. Please share your insights… Speaker be-Aware: Speaking in the 21st Century Engage Your Audience with Pecha Kucha...
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SpeakerQuestion: How do I go about concluding a Q&A discussion?
All too often, a question and answer session ends with the speaker or emcee saying: OK, we are out of time No more questions, let’s move on Well, that’s it Consider using these two tips next time you...
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SpeakerQuote: Discovering Your Audience
“By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.” ~Christopher Columbus Recalling our school days, Christopher Columbus was a Spanish –...
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SpeakerByte #61: Button Up
Men — want to know the secret to looking trim, confident and well dressed? Simple: button your jacket! While no one may criticize your open jacket, buttoning up enhances your credibility and presence....
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SpeakerByte #62: Wait til you see the white of their eyes
Want to set yourself apart from the crowd? Whether in a conference room, board room or main stage, turn and face your audience, greet them with a smile, and make every effort not to speak until you...
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Book Review: “11 Deadly Presentation Sins” by Rob Biesenbach
11 Deadly Presentation Sins by author Rob Biesenbach was recently. I “met” Rob earlier this year when he reached out and invited me to read and review his book. And I am glad he did! The book is...
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