I was invited to participate in a showcase on "Public Speaking Anxiety." It included 19 other industry authorities who share strategies to approach anxiety so you can speak with confidence. Transcript: Dr. Doreen Downing And it’s wonderful to welcome you today, Fred, to meet you face to face and say, hello, and have Read More
No Sweat Public Speaking! Podcast
Great Elevator Speeches Build . . .
Great Elevator Speeches: Build Reputations and Grow Businesses. Specific Criteria For Them: Clear - Concise - Consistent. For similar audiences it must be exactly the same or people will be confused. Mixed messages are eventually ignored. Use Simple, Easily Understood Read More
Alliteration – Alliteration – Alliteration: Add . .
The "Magic of Three" to help the audience GET IT! In literature, Alliteration is the conspicuous repetition of identical initial consonant sounds in successive or closely associated syllables within a group of words, even those spelled differently. As a method of linking words for effect, alliteration is also called head Read More
Virtual Video Tip: BACKGROUNDS Matter!
Transcript: Fred Miller, NO SWEAT Public Speaking. Here's a Virtual Video Meeting Tip. We're all doing these virtual meetings these days. The tip is: BACKGROUNDS Matter! The First Thing people look at when you come on to one of these meetings is your face. Second Thing is the BACKGROUND. Look at Read More
Virtual Video Meeting Tip: SOUND!
Can We Hear Each Other? Recently, you’ve probably attended more virtual video meetings than ever imagined. The quality and value received have likely ranged from Fabulous to Forget-About-It! One of the biggest factors for successful meetings like these is SOUND! SOUND, as it pertains to virtual video events means: Read More
With Virtual Video Meetings:
Everyone is in the Front Row!
Accept It. - Understand It. Make It Work! It will be a while, perhaps a long while, before audiences gather in large auditoriums to see and hear a speaker. Now, we meet "virtually." A different mindset and new skills are needed for attending, participating in, or leading one of these events. In a conventional Read More
Three Ways to Keep the Audience’s Attention
Transcript Fred Miller, " NO SWEAT Public Speaking!" Here are three ways to keep the attention of your audience. This is important because people have the attention span of a gnat! Number One: Use video. • Insert videos into your presentation gives you a chance to rest and takes the attention from the audience to Read More
Three Things NOT to Do with Eye Contact!
Transcript Fred Miller, "NO SWEAT Public Speaking!" Here are three things NOT to do with eye contact. Number One: Don't stare. No one likes to be stared at. It makes them feel very uneasy. Number Two: Don't be a searchlight - going like this. Do not do that. What you want to do is: • Looks at someone, finish a Read More
When in the Audience, I promise to . . .
Do the following, because Better Audience = Better Speaker = Better Experience for All! (If your audience could use these "Suggestions." HERE is a PDF the event planner can distribute.) Arrival I will arrive well ahead of time. I'll know where the building is located. I'll allow time for parking, finding the Read More
Speakers: Don’t Make These Three Mistakes
Transcript Fred Miller, “NO SWEAT Public Speaking!” Speakers: Don't make these three mistakes. Number One: Don't read your speech, especially in monotone. • It's very boring. Not the way to do it. Number Two: Don't use lots of bullet points and text. • No one comes to read your presentation. • And if they'll Read More