An article on public speaking by Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE
Do you want to sound intelligent, powerful, polished, articulate and confident? Of course you do! Voice coach Carol Fleming, PhD gave me some great insights based on her years of study and working with thousands of clients.
To Sound More Intelligent:
Speak just a bit slower to allow yourself [...]
Started my day by sending the children to school before 6.45AM. Reach my office by 7AM to sort out a few details. Next, I was on a 30 mins speed boat ride with a Yamaha 250 Hp outboard engine across to mainland Sabah to arrange for the newly launched MPV model Exora to be ferried [...]
This morning I was presenting to a group of 25 university students on how to have a dynamic speech opening. Being in toastmasters for many year now, I have found that varying your speech openings can be fun and also break away from the monotony of your speech.
1. Ask open ended question
This gets the audience [...]
If you want to be a better speaker, go to the movies!
Why? Imagine that you have unlimited resources to design a keynote that will make you the hottest commodity on the market? Where would you go to get the best, highest-priced writers and directors in the world?
Hollywood!
In Hollywood, you’ll find hundreds of talented people, both [...]
One of the excitement in life is to learn s0mething new and try to apply it. Recently at a toastmaster table topic contest, the topic was ” Knowledge is NOT power but applied kowledge is” Very true indeed as one of the partipants shared nothing beats experience. One of my personal goal for this year [...]
An article from my favourite speaker coach Craig Valentine.
If you want to create a masterpiece, you first have to master each piece. The three major pieces of public speaking are structure, content, and delivery. Mastering one means nothing if you do not master the other two. That is why it is critical to not just study speaking as [...]
Have you read the book “Dare to Fail” ? It is an inspiring book about the importance of changing the way you look at failure.It first captured my attention many year ago as I just completed reading the book “Dare to Succeed”. Though a total opposite of it’s title, it still has a powerful [...]
Another Amazing and insighful article about public speaking from my favourite speaker Craig Valentine
10 Ways to Improve your Speech Delivery
Below are some well-known and some not-so-well-known tips for delivering your speech. The key is not whether you know these tips; it’s whether you put them into practice.
1. Don’t forget about your face. Your facial expressions are more important than [...]
“Speak to be remembered and repeated.” Isn’t that the goal of every communicator—to be remembered and repeated?
Patricia Fripp, speaking coach
The ability to speak in front of an audience requires courage but the ability to communicate well requires practice, practice and more practice. How many times have you heard a speaker on stage keeps rambling on [...]