As a professional speaker that has given more than 500 speeches, I know a thing or two about public speaking.  I wanted to share my knowledge and experience here, in a nutshell.  Let me know what you think in the comments!  I hope you find it useful.  ---  Percin Imrek is an author, entrepreneur, traveller and a trainer on soft skills. He has been to 83 countries and gave hundreds of seminars on leadership & entrepreneurship and being a world citizen all around the world.  For more info you can click on:  Perçin's website: www.percinimrek.com Perçin's blog (in Turkish): www.dunyaninyerlisi.com