by Doreen Downing | May 27, 2010 | Find Your Voice Blog, Public Speaking at Work, Public Speaking Tips, Speaking Circles
Are You Being Authentic? When you speak, your listeners will have their radar up looking to see if you are for real and to determine whether they can trust you are not. Regardless of what you are presenting, they want to be impressed and inspired by YOU. Are you...
by Doreen Downing | Apr 26, 2010 | Find Your Voice Blog, Public Speaking Tips
How Conventional Public Speaking Training Misses the Point To ask people to speak and look directly in the eyes of the listener often goes against conventional public speaking training. Many programs tell people who are afraid of audiences to look at a spot on the...
by Doreen Downing | Mar 21, 2010 | Fear of Speaking, Find Your Voice Blog, Speaking to Groups
Public Speaking is a Series of One-to-One Conversations To reduce stage fright, approach public speaking as more of a “me-to-you” discussion rather than a full-blown broadcast, suggests G.I. Taylor in the Fear of Speaking blog. I agree with the idea of being able to...
by Doreen Downing | Mar 18, 2010 | Find Your Voice Blog, Public Speaking Tips, Speaking to Groups
FastUpFront Blog in their article, “Essential Public Speaking Tips for Non-Public Speakers,” wrote about the number one rule which is to be yourself. However, in order to be yourself, you have to know who you are. The question then becomes, where do you go...
by Doreen Downing | Mar 14, 2010 | 7 Steps to Fearless Speaking, Find Your Voice Blog, Public Speaking Tips
You can be a fearless speaker! First, realize that we are all public speakers. Whether you are giving a presentation at work, sharing your opinion at a meeting, or talking to someone one-on-one, you are expressing yourself. The question is, do you feel comfortable and...
