oThe Consummate Business Interviewers: Listen. . . Jim Wright and Jeff Arthur, co-hosts of the nationally syndicated Smart Biz Show, ask the right questions and contribute their own experiences and expertise on the important business topic: Public Speaking and Presentation Skills. Topics discussed include: • Read More
Elevator Speech
FOUR Reasons to Hire a Public Speaking / Presentation Coach and. . .
o Four 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
Five Nuggets to Lessen the Fear of Public Speaking
0Consistently, the Fear of Public Speaking is listed as one of the most common fears people have. Many are held back from reaching their potential by this fear. Lessen the Fear of Public Speaking Assume the ‘SUPER HERO’ stance. Think Superman / Wonder Woman Stand erect with legs slightly apart. Place Read More
Seven Reasons WHY People Have a Fear of Public Speaking
0The Fear of Public Speaking is consistently listed as one of the most common fears people have. It holds many back from reaching their potential. Let’s look at WHY so many have this fear. 1. Why Not! Think about it. Most of our conversations are one-on-one. Many are done on our phones where we don’t see the person we are 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
More Debates Coming. Watch and Listen!
0 Transcript Fred Miller, “NO SWEAT Public Speaking!” More debates are coming, and debates can determine the outcome of the election. The first televised debate was Kennedy - Nixon. This is kind of interesting; black and white television. It was in September. The election was in November. Look how things have 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