One of my biggest gripes is about people who are in media roles and can’t speak well. You have heard the ones I mean. ☝️ They use upspeak at the end of their sentences. (It is not a question…it is a statement) 🚴♀️ They speak too quickly,...
How do you reduce nerves when speaking in public? Have you ever gone to speak then your mind has gone totally blank and you couldn’t think of what to say? You get up to deliver your one-minute pitch at a business event. Lots of ideas are racing through your...
It Might be Costing You Big Time! In 2013 and I was nervously standing on stage in Honolulu waiting for the results of the POWERtalkInternational speech contest to be announced. A couple of months earlier I had been the winner of the Australian Region and was...
When speaking in public there are techniques you should definitely adapt to and others you should never do. Read to learn how you can improve your public speaking skills. I have been a member of a not-for-profit public speaking organisation for nearly 20 years now. ...
How do your prepare for unexpected challenges? I hope you weren’t too inconvenienced last Tuesday when the power went out across much of South East Queensland, if you live in that part of the world. For those who don’t live in SEQ, the...
