Solve Your Funny Best Man Speech Dilemma - Use the Professionals

If TV vetrans use professional help to write their wedding speeches then why shouldn't every best man. Here's how to use the internet to create your funny best man speech

Public Speaking An Audience Centered Approach

Public Speaking An Audience Centered Approach examines public speaking from the point of view of the audience rather than the speaker. Such an approach can have very positive effects on the quality of the public speaking engagement.

Do's And Don'ts Of Using Humour In Speeches And Presentations

Some speeches and presentations are so lively and fun to attend, while some are dry. What are the rules for using humour skillfully in speeches and presentations? In addition to the rules there are some dangers of using humour wrongly. This articles gives guidelines for using humour skillfully in speeches and presentations.

How to Be Funny Without Telling Jokes: Eight Humor Tips for Speakers

For sixteen years, I have been showing audiences how to find humor in not-so-funny stuff. Thousands of people have laughed a lot in my presentations yet I don't tell jokes. This article provides eight ways I get people to laugh.

Improve Leadership with a Seminar

Being in a leadership position at your company is a big task. Not only do you have to do your job well, but you have to ensure that everyone under you is working as effectively as possible. One way to get some help with this tall order is to participate in leadership seminars.

Public Speaking - 7 Strategies for Giving a Damn Good Speech

The fear of public speaking is one of man's greatest fears. The fear of dying comes after the fear of public speaking, meaning most people would rather die than speak to a group. But, it doesn't have to be that way. If you prepare, practice and practice some more you can give a damn good speech.

How To Grab And Keep Audience Attention During A Presentation

One of the most important challenges for a presenter is grabbing and keeping the attention of an audience. If the presenter is unable to do this, the presentation might not succeed, no matter how valuable the content might be. This article gives some well-proved and common tips for getting and attention of diverse audiences and for keeping their attention focussed on your presentation.

Public Speaking for the Nervous – How to Keep Your Confidence High Before You Speak in Public

You've got less than 24-hours. Tomorrow, you'll be giving your presentation, ready or not. Even though you know your material fairly well, you're getting so nervous you can hardly stand being in your own skin, much less get a good night's sleep. What to do? Find out in this article which gives you 5 tips to get you feeling confident and ready to take the stage.

Drama Tips For Your Public Persona #1 - Spellbound With Godspell

What is the difference from a weak, boring, lame speaker or presentation and one that zings so much you are sorry it ended? The answer is simple, I didn't say easy.

Short Attention Span Theater

In Abraham Lincoln's time people would listen attentively to a two hour speech even if the speaker was not that well polished. Oh, how times have changed. Today, our kids watch an average of more than eight hours of TV per day. Adults sit in front of computers at work all day, responding to email and voicemail immediately, while still trying to do their jobs. Americans already had short attention spans, but this reliance on technology and multi-tasking has cut them even shorter.

Public Speaking Training Can Really Help Your Business

If you want to declare yourself or your company an expert in anything it's important to learn how to present yourself as an expert. It's not about what you teach it's about how you teach it that's far more important. Public speaking training can give you that edge.

More Powerful Than PowerPoint - YOU!

What could be more powerful than 3D, live, moving YOU? Not only are you the best visual aid, you can turn your nervous energy into direct purposeful gestures and movements that will ease your nerves and transmit your message.

Bridegroom Speech - What Every Bridegroom Should Know Before Giving A Speech

For some bridegrooms, their wedding day can turn into a nightmare because they need to get up in front of friends and family alike and give a speech. The bridegroom speech is sometimes more troublesome to the bridegroom than anything else he might have to face.

How to Tell a Good Story...the Right Way

Learn how to take a story from the page to the stage. The key elements to telling a good story.

Using Technology In Your Presentations

Business presenters in particular often use technology to support them. But too often, the technology, not the presenter, becomes the star of the show. Here are a few tips on how to maintain control over your PowerPoint presentation.