I’ve facilitated hundreds of virtual webinar presentations and here are tips I’ve picked up over the years for three areas: Your Voice, Appearance and Technical Set-Up. If you’re a seasoned pro, well maybe you don’t need these, and maybe you have some to share with me, to ensure an optimal experience for attendees. Voice Eat [...]
"When I talk about influence and being an influence is about using your powers for good. If you think about the best teacher you ever had at school and someone who made a real difference or managed to describe something and it blew your mind and you went, “Wow.” That’s what I would like [...]
I asked a group to comment on what aspects of a speakers talk they wanted to see more of. Here are their comments:- Change in voice levels / great projection Confidence Eye contact Passion in their topic Smiles Variety of pace I think it is good to remember what resonates with Joe Public when you [...]
Here are 5 tips to avoid when public speaking: 1. Don’t arrive on stage holding something! Try to avoid arriving on stage ‘absent-mindedly’ holding anything, as you inevitably start fiddling with it or even worse waving it around, and it becomes a weapon of mass DISTRACTION for your audience 2. Don’t use boring words! Grab [...]
I have been running webinars for a few years now, and here are some tips I have picked up along the way. I hope you find them useful. Go to the washroom before the session. Make sure phones, door bells, and pets are going to be quiet and kept away from the speakers. Have a [...]
I am very excited to be part of a panel discussion on Cash Management in Small Business at the National Small Business Summit. Click through on the hyper links below to find out more information and book your spot! It is less than a month until the peak business event for small business for 2012 The [...]
Here is my slide share presentation that I gave on Tuesday night at the National Speakers Association Queensland branch meeting. A step by step guide of how speakers can use Social Media to connect with visual, auditory and tactile learners, and take your message to a global audience. Confessions of a Conference Junkie from Heather [...]
Can you recall the movies these famous endings are from? Muriel: Goodbye, Porpoise Spit Rhett: Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn. Dorothy: Oh, Auntie Em -- there's no place like home! A great ending wraps up the whole story. How can we end a speech? A motivational call to action a question a [...]
Every Friday I profile a speaker on my blog and invite them to share their experiences and insights with us. I am delighted to introduce you to a good friend of mine, Robert Gerrish. Robert is one of the founders of the amazing support community Flying Solo, and if you are looking for a credible and [...]
Technology is evolving us, says Amber Case, as we become a screen-staring, button-clicking new version of homo sapiens. We now rely on "external brains" (cell phones and computers) to communicate, remember, even live out secondary lives. But will these machines ultimately connect or conquer us? Case offers surprising insight into our cyborg selves. -> Amber Case: [...]
