0You to Your Audience! WE'RE IN THE ELECTION SEASON! Candidates are debating and delivering speeches. Speakers can learn from comments like these: • "He's Authentic." • "She's scripted, and not Authentic." • "That candidate is connecting with me." • "I have no confidence in them." • "I trust them." • "They Read More
Practicing
Speakers, My 2016 New Year’s Resolutions are. . .
0It's That Time of the Year! Here are My 2016 Resolutions. What are Yours? #1. Prepare and Practice for each Presentation even if I've given it 100+ times. It might be the umpteenth time I've delivered it, but it's the first time most of the audience have heard it. The size of the audience doesn't matter. I Read More
FOUR Reasons to Hire a Public Speaking / Presentation Coach and. . .
o SIX Reasons It’s a Great Investment! Athletes have coaches. Actors have directors. Business people have mentors. Bottom line: no matter what skill you want to improve, you can get it to a higher level quicker by hiring a professional coach. This definitely applies to improving your public speaking and presentation Read More
Six Rules for Q&A
0 Not done correctly, the Q&A Session of your presentation can destroy an otherwise excellent talk. Don't let that happen! Done correctly, the Q&A Session can add value to your presentation. It's an opportunity to connect directly with the audience, demonstrate you know your topic in depth, and are skillful at Read More
Business Innovators Interviews Fred Miller!
0 Stewart Andrew Alexander recently interviewed me about my mantra, "Speaking Opportunities are Business, Career, and Leadership Opportunities!" Stewart is an excellent interviewer and the consummate host! Stewart Andrew Alexander is a Digital Media Strategist, Contributing Writer for Small Business Trendsetters, and Read More
VIDEO Allows YOU to See and Hear Yourself as. . .
0Others See and Hear You! Knowing you want to improve your public speaking and presentation skills, I suggest taking a video of yourself practicing or delivering a presentation. Then view it critically. Video is Powerful! You may think you’re doing something lousy or really good, but seeing and hearing will allow you Read More
The Debates: It’s Not Just What They Say. . .
0NonVerbal Communication Rules! Transcript Fred Miller, “NO SWEAT Public Speaking!” We have more debates coming up before the election. Listen to those debates, but also watch them. We talked about this before: Nonverbal communication, like gestures, trumps verbal. Let’s look back at a few debates. 1992 Senior Read More
Written Post + Audio Post + Video Post =
oBetter Writing and Better Speaking! Transcript Would you like to be better speaker? Here's one of the best tips I could ever give. Write! That's correct, write! Blog regularly. And after you written a blog post, record the audio of it. I put mine into an iTunes Podcast Channel. Now, I got to tell you, it was a Read More
Practice Makes. . .
o Perfect! Really? If only that were true! What if the material, and delivery you are practicing, isn’t correct? Practicing that over and over won’t result in you presenting a great talk. How about: “Perfect Practice will lead to a perfect presentation.” Good luck with that, also! The quote on the topic of practicing I Read More
Power Public Speaking Interview!
Barry Coziahr recently interviewed me about the Power of Public Speaking. He is an excellent interviewer and the consummate host! Listen - Learn - Speak! https://soundcloud.com/barry_coziahr/16-power-public-speaking-feat-fred-miller-1#t=3.45 The interview starts at 3:55. This interview explores many aspects of Read More