Stand Up and Speak as Well as You Think!
Stand Up and Speak as Well as You Think! 1.Winston Churchill said it took him six to seven hours to prepare a forty-five minute speech. If you want to be confident, you must know that your message is worthy of the audience, worthy of the occasion, and worthy of you. The time and work are worth it. Your […]
Where Should Your Hands Be?
Where Should Your Hands Be? 1. Where should your hands be? When you begin, they should hang naturally by your body. Then they should describe and emphasize what you are saying. 2. Ideally, you should gesture with one hand at a time. When you move both you waste energy without getting any […]
How Do You as a Speaker Impact an Audience?
How Do You as a Speaker Impact an Audience? How you look includes your clothes, your facial expression, your stance, your body movement, your hands, how you move your eyes. Suppose you are trying to motivate a group, and you tell them something is “a wonderful opportunity,” but you don’t look or sound it. Vision is […]
Careers – Getting Hired— Four Steps to a Perfect Resume
Careers – Getting Hired— Four Steps to a Perfect Resume Did you know that companies have favorite times for eliminating positions… and you. I know from personal experience—the experience of our students in the last 15 years. Thankfully, organizations actually do try to avoid eliminating positions and letting go of employees before or after the […]
End Your Presentation With A Bang
End Your Presentation With A Bang The end of a presentation, especially at a luncheon, needs to feel like dessert – sweet and satisfying. Show your enthusiasm through lively gestures, facial expressions, and speech volume. Restate your viewpoint. Send them back to work with a lift.
English communication skills- Networking- How to Get Acquainted-Great Questions
English communication skills- Networking- How to Get Acquainted-Great Questions Networking is communicating. It is the way you interact and relate to the people, the world, and opportunities around you. Fact is, there is joy in connecting and building relationships – that is the spirit of networking in our personal and professional life. Beginnings are hard […]
English communication skills- Networking is Communicating and Connecting
English communication skills- Networking is Communicating and Connecting It is all about relationships, connecting. Networking is another term for that lifelong process of meeting people, making contacts, developing friendships and building professional relationships. It is in the communicating where networking happens. The skill of networking involves learning how and when to approach people, how and […]
Acknowledgements and Confirmations- The basics
Acknowledgements and Confirmations- The basics “Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Letters of acknowledgement and letters of confirmation are similar. The letter of acknowledgment says, “I received your letter (email, telephone call, gift, materials).” The letter of confirmations says, “I received your letter (email, message, […]
Public Speaking- The Power in Pauses
Public Speaking- The Power in Pauses You know that pauses are great for giving people time to process your information. Pauses are also a perfect strategy for catching audience interest. But that is not all. Instead of getting flustered with the unexpected, either from you or your surroundings, here are several other clever uses […]
Acceptances: Paragraphs
Acceptances: Paragraphs Here are some well composed paragraphs of acceptances. I will be delighted to have dinner with you on Friday, the fourteenth of April, at seven o’clock. Thanks so much for asking me. I can hardly wait to see you and Rueben again. Thanks for telling me how much the children at the Thomasville […]