Over the past few days I have been preparing public speaking skills workshops with fellow associates of Speakersbank ahead of our trip to Shetland to work in schools there. I have also been working with my colleagues at Edinburgh Napier University creating a presentation skills workshop for new students starting week after next.
Getting people talking [...]
For the first time in a very long time I was really nervous before making my presentation last night. As I was driving to the venue – about 20 miles away I was running through the tips I give others when I am training. At Speakersbank we don’t say that we have the guaranteed way [...]
This is my entry in the monthly group writing project “What I learned from..” hosted by Robert Hruzek at Middle Zone Musings.
When Robert put up the topic for this month’s WILF I was sure that he would be inundated with entries – coinciding as it is ( deliberately) with the US Presidential election. Flip [...]
Sometimes you just know at what point you discovered you need to take action to do something better! In terms of getting up in front of an audience to speak this point was at the US Employee Relocation Council Symposium in Los Angeles in October 1997.
At that time I managed the new international mobility division of [...]
I was speaking to a local branch of Rotarians on Monday about the work I am doing in public speaking training and coaching young people in business projects. I had been given a 20 minute slot but the other business of the meeting had run over and I realised that the audience would probably prefer [...]
