Most Recent Articles in Speaking category

  • Eight Most Frequent Mistakes People Make in Front of an Audience - By: Suzanne Bates
    Everyone makes mistakes in public speaking. The key is to identify a lesson learned and try to correct it your next time out. Knowing these eight common mistakes will help you to avoid such gaffes.
  • 6 Speed Reading Myths Debunked - By: Ed Caldwell
    There is so much misinformation about speed reading that as a user for over 30 years, and as an instructor of tens of thousands of learners from all walks of life and all levels of education, I feel compelled to debunk some of the most prevalent and popular myths.
  • Speak and Touch the Heart - By: Balwinder Singh
    Presentations and seminars become all too familiar in the business world. Jim Speaker is there with the overhead projector and PowerPoint slides-each with four of five points. Hours later the seminar is over. Seminars are informative but can be deadly. Just give me the handout and I'll read it at home!
  • Interviewing Your Characters - By: Sonu Kumar
    One of my favorite techniques for getting into the head of my characters is, interviewing them. This relies heavily on rapid writing, so be sure you fully understand that concept first. If you don't, you can read my article "Rapid Writing" on my den. Interviewing characters is exactly how it sounds. You sit down with your characters and interview them, just like you would if you were a reporter.
  • From You v. Me to We: Seven Strategies to Talk to Your Communication Opposite - By: Meryl Runion
    Research concerning communication style uncovers four different communication styles that are determined by two factors - pace and people-orientation.
  • The Changing Role of Language Interpretation - By: Nate Rodnay
    Interpreting involves the orally rendering the meaning of dialog which is spoken in one language into another language while retaining its essence. Interpretation is often thought of as an extension of translation, which is the other basic language service.
  • The Company Identity - By: Nawaz Lakho
    A company Identity is a simple, well formulated and designed, yet self expressing logo or signage, which is the company’s visual identity, it is also called Company brand or Brand Identity. Company Identity designing is a visual aspects of any organization.
  • Three Explosive Ways to Grab Your Audience’s Attention and Keep It - By: Arvee Robinson
    Your goal as a presenter is to grab your audience’s attention and keep it. Although there are numerous ways to open a presentation, I have found three methods to be the most effective, especially when making business presentations.
  • 9 Secrets to Better Speaking - By: Arvee Robinson
    These are just a few of the secrets that professional speakers use to deliver powerful presentations. By using these simple techniques, you too can command your audience’s attention, keep their interest, and move them into action.
  • The Good the Bad and the Ugly: Three Types of Editing - By: Nigel Fogden
    Q. How many copy editors does it take to screw in a light bulb?A.