English Communication: Meetings- How to Succeed in the First Five Minutes
English Communication: Meetings- How to Succeed in the First Five Minutes Everyone goes to meetings. You could be there to persuade. Or you could be there to take in or contribute information. Whatever your purpose, the first five minutes are not about impressing other people. The first five minutes are about putting people at ease. […]
Practice Makes Confidence
Practice Makes Confidence Simulate the real conditions. The more closely you can imitate actual speaking conditions in your rehearsal, the more confident you will be for the actual presentation. Use your actual notes. Use the actual clothes. Will you use a handheld microphone? Most people don’t have a sound system in their home for rehearsal purposes. Comedy coach […]
English Communication Skills: Time of Day Tips for Presentations – Afternoon and Evening Presentations
English Communication Skills: Time of Day Tips for Presentations – Afternoon and Evening Presentations Knowing the barriers associated with different times of the day can help you think of clever ways to maximize your impact in a presentation. Nice! What you are learning for presentations is, of course, also true with meetings. Use the same […]
Tip: Sending a Message with Facial Expressions
Tip: Sending a Message with Facial Expressions Use your face to accentuate key points. Act what you are saying. Are you incredulous about a statistic you have just spoken? Raise your eyebrows in disbelief. Are you describing a strategy you disagree with? Frown.
English Communication Skills: Time of day tips for presentations–Lunch
English Communication Skills: Time of day tips for presentations–Lunch As human beings, we like to combine business with pleasure. Thus, presenters are asked to do the noon meal. Here are some tips for you so that this occasion for presentation can indeed combine work with pleasure. Presentations during lunch: Lunch presents problems for listeners, who, of course, […]
Tips for Teleconferences
Tips for Teleconferences Pause so another person can speak. Save complex questions for e-mail unless you need an immediate answer.
English Communication Skills: Presentation Time of Day Pitfalls
English Communication Skills: Presentation Time of Day Pitfalls What time of day will you be speaking or doing a presentation? Will it make a difference? Absolutely. Here are some pitfalls. Know these, and you can prevent problems. For today’s blog, we will discuss pitfalls for morning presentations. Breakfast/early morning Listeners may be groggy. Choose a […]
Practice Makes Perfect
Practice Makes Perfect Rehearse out loud. The only way you can tell how your speech will sound is to do it and listen to it. That means you have to say it out loud. Doing the speech in your head and listening to it doesn’t work – that is not the voice your audience will hear.
English Communication: Greetings and Goodbyes, part 1
English Communication: Greetings and Goodbyes, part 1 ‘What’s up?’ ‘How’s it going?’ ‘Good evening, sir.’ When it comes to greetings and words of parting, it is important to know that in the culture of the United States, these are usually ritual greetings. That means that if someone asks you “How are you ?” or “How […]
Tip: Convincing People
Tip: Convincing People The more separate arguments you make against your opponent’s position, the more difficult it is for your opponent to deal with each of those items.