by Doreen Downing | Feb 27, 2010 | Fear of Speaking, Find Your Voice Blog, Public Speaking Tips
Ums and Ahs are Fillers That Point to Public Speaking Anxiety Did you know that ums and ahs are fillers that point to an underlying public speaking anxiety? Once you are aware of this fact, you start to listen more carefully to speakers. You might notice that when...
by Doreen Downing | Feb 24, 2010 | Find Your Voice Blog
The Unconscious Habit Much of what is written about fillers such as uhms and ahs states that they are an unconscious habit. The sounds, words, and phrases that fill up the silences are for the most part not even recognized by people as they speak. Unconscious means...
by Doreen Downing | Feb 20, 2010 | Book Reviews, Find Your Voice Blog, Leadership and Public Speaking
What is Authentic Speaking? A workshop participant who attended Leadership Presence: How to Inspire Groups to Action wrote this note to me and my training partner, Lee Glickstein, founder of Speaking Circles International. “I want to say a huge thank you...
by Doreen Downing | Feb 18, 2010 | Events & Programs
2-Day Speaking Circles® Intensive Facilitated by Lee Glickstein and Doreen Downing When: Saturday and Sunday, February 27-28, 2010 Time: 10am-5pm Where: San Anselmo, CA Fee: $350 Registration: www.speakingcircles.com 415-488-4460 At this training you will be provided...
by Doreen Downing | Feb 16, 2010 | Authentic Speaking, Find Your Voice Blog, Public Speaking Tips
Today I found an article related to authentic speaking by Teresa Tayag, Trainer, Speaker, Public Speaking Coach from “Let the Real You Shine Through.” Teresa writes… “Public speaking has been a very intimidating pursuit for many. Experienced speakers have...
