Carina och Martin discuss how important it is to take a break. Could we take a break from the information overload? Get book tips for the hammock.

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport.
• Välj rätt! : en guide till bra beslut by Katarina Gospic
• Lifescale: How to Live a More Creative, Productive, and Happy Life by Brian Solis
• Martin Lindeskog's sketch - Lyceum on Instagram
• John Cox on Instagram
• AliRezah a.k.a Maxim on Instagram
• Note to Self podcast - Wikipedia
• Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self by Manoush Zomorodi
• Carina's book, Spana, utvärdera, informera
• Martin's book, Tea Book Sketches: Ideas And Notions About The Second Most Popular Beverage In The World (Volume 1)

When do you use rhetoric and when do you do a presentation? What is the difference?

Carina and Martin sort things out.

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• Rhetoric - Wikipedia
• Sophist - Wikipedia
• Yes (Prime) Minister - Wikipedia
• Tolka (tyda) - interpret - Tyda.se
• Presentationsteknik är kropp, knopp och nerver - Carina's book

How important is it to time-track your speech? The quality of your speech lies in the preparation. 

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• Theatrical properties (props)
• Magnum, P.I.
• "Kill Your Darlings"

Spring and summertime - season for graduations and weddings!

Gaah… You have promised to make a speech. How are you going to start?

This week Carina gives you a lot of tips, tricks and pieces of advice, so you can hold an incredibly speech.

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• Wonder Woman pose - Forbes
• "Red Thread" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
• Eddie Izzard - Wikipedia
• How to Give a Toast - Art of Manliness
• "Value Bombs" - John Lee Dumas
• 5 tips för ditt vårtal - Blog post (in Swedish) by Carina Ridenius

Your body language helps you with your self-confidence. With the right body expression, you feel strong in front of your audience and you will shine like a star.

Show notes:

• How to Make Use of Your Anxiety for Positive Results - Harvard Business Review
• Can Three Words Turn Anxiety Into Success? - The Atlantic
• Alison Wood Brooks on Twitter
• Life Savers
• S.A.V.E.R.S morning routine by Hal Elrod - The Elevate Podcast with Robert Glazer
• Books by Carina Ridenius

How do you get the attention when you speak? It is not your small vocal chords that makes the magic, it is something else. Listen to this episode and find out.

Read more about your voice and get tips and pieces of advice in Carina's blog posts (in Swedish):

• Kroppen – din egen Marshall amplifier
• Damma av rösten
• Rösten – den vassaste kniven i lådan

Here you find Carina's books in Swedish.

Related episode: The Power of Your Voice

Start in your closet when you are preparing a speech. It is important, but why? Listen and find out in this episode. 

Read more about this topic in Carina's blog post and listen to Aviani underklädespodden, when Carina visited the podcast.

Also read about the great Swedish opera singer Birgit Nilsson and what she found out was the best things to wear.

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• Pajamas (PJ) Media - Wikipedia
• Martin's blog post, Pajamas Media and BlogAds
• John Cox's caricature of Martin Lindeskog of EGO NetCast
• EGO NetCast baseball cap and podcast equipment
• Business casual - Wikipedia
• Birgit Nilsson - Wikipedia
• Eddie Izzard - Wikipedia
• The Prepper Obsession with Clothes - Racked
• Dressed for Success - Wikipedia

When you hold a presentation or a speech, almost 40% of the impression you give depends on your voice. So take care of it!

In this episode you get tips and pieces of advice on how you could take care of your voice when you have a sore throat, or if you have caught a cold.

Read more about your voice in Carina's blog post and article on LinkedIn.

Carina and Martin are eating a bite from the presentation technique cake again. A cake in eight pieces which explains each part you have to think about to be a good public speaker.

Welcome to listen to podcast episode 3 once more - What a Wonderful Cake! Here you find more information about the cake. 

Show notes:

• 80/20 rule
• PowerPoint
• Keynote 
• Prezi
• Martin Lindeskog's presentations on Haiku Deck

Soon spring time... Have you promised to be a toastmaster at a wedding, hold a speech on your birthday, or at a graduation party? How do you start and end your speech?

Carina and Martin are discussing how you can get help in this situation, and they give tips and pieces of advice.

Read more about this topic in Carina's blog post (in Swedish), Hålla tal – hur gör jag?

Show notes:

• Toastmasters International
• Objectivist Voices Toastmasters Club
• Gothenburg Toastmasters Club