How to Find the Best Story for You
How to Find the Best Story for You Choose an event you lived through or studied about, that moved you and had an emotional impact. The more the impact or influence it had on you, the more impact it will have on audience. If your story involves kids, yours or someone else’s, you can’t miss […]
Accent Reduction – Shortcut to Get Rid of the Habit = Replace It
Accent Reduction – Shortcut to Get Rid of the Habit = Replace It You already know this from your own experience. Studies show that replacing one habit with another is the easiest way to your goal. Want to stop the trip of donuts into your mouth? When you feel the urge, reach for that sugarless […]
Designing Your Luncheon Talk
Designing Your Luncheon Talk Tell me a fact, and I’ll learn Tell me a truth, and I’ll believe. But tell me a story, and it will live in my heart forever. –Indian Proverb Provide information, yes. But above all be interesting. Tell a story. Rerun from July 11, 2016
Accent Reduction – Get the Habit- Relax and Receive
Accent Reduction – Get the Habit- Relax and Receive What makes you more likely to engage in bad habits? Stress. Alex Korb, UCLA neuroscientist says that staying relaxed helps your brain make the right choices. Korb reports that the part of the brain which prompts decisions, the prefrontal cortex, is limited in its resources. When […]
How Long Do I Talk for Luncheon
How Long Do I Talk for Luncheon Twenty minutes is good. If they beg you to go thirty, give in gracefully. Longer than that works for a seminar – but not lunch. Rerun from 07/04/16
Accent Reduction – Get the Habit- Change Your World
Accent Reduction – Get the Habit- Change Your World Want to speak clearer… surround yourself with clear talkers. When you listen to music with English lyrics, find the artists who enunciate the words. When you go to YouTube or visual media, movies, comedy or adventure series — seek out the programs with the people who […]
Lights On or Off for Luncheon
Lights On or Off for Luncheon As soon as an audiovisual aide knows you are using slides of PowerPoint type, he or she will want to turn lights way down. Your job is to tell him or her, “I want the lights as bright as possible even if they have to squint to see the […]
Luncheon Speaker Challenge: Where to Stand
Luncheon Speaker Challenge: Where to Stand Luncheon is not a formal meeting where the audience sits in one place and the rostrum or podium is set so the speaker is center of attention. Instead, configuration of tables makes it difficult to find a central place to stand so you are in command of all the […]
Accent Reduction – Get the Habit- Count, Keep a Record
Accent Reduction – Get the Habit- Count, Keep a Record People who keep records tend to make more progress than people who don’t. Research shows that people who record on their calendar the days they get that 30 minutes of recommended physical exercise, do more exercise. People who record exactly what they eat each day […]
Don’t Do This for Any Presentation
Don’t Do This for Any Presentation Don’t hand out copies of your slides before your presentation or your listeners will focus on those instead of you. For a presentation, you are the center, the best visual aid, and the inspiration for acceptance of your viewpoint or recommendation. Rerun from June 13, […]