Wow Your Audience

Wow Your Audience Get a business card from someone in the company that you’ll be addressing and scan in the company logo. Then you can make it appear in the corner of every screen with your logo.

English Communication: How to Put People at Ease at Meetings

English Communication: How to Put People at Ease at Meetings Sometimes you are going to a meeting to persuade.  In that case, use the first five minutes to put people at ease.  People’s egos are on alert status the first few minutes of a meeting, and you want to relax them so they’ll be receptive to […]

Tips for Teleconferencing

Tips for Teleconferencing Use emotion in your voice. Emphasize emotion so you don’t speak in a flat tone. Use metaphors and similes to create word pictures for others.

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 […]