Shortcuts to Communication Success

Speaking with more clarity, making sure that your diction really does help you articulate your message, can make a huge difference. Early this week, I was running a workshop called “The Speakers Toolkit”... READ MORE

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Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide 5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

This week, let’s discuss why you might want to find yourself a public speaking coach. In fact, any kind of coach! Early this week, I received a phone call from a business owner who’s based in the Middle East. He’s been struggling a little bit with his communications... READ MORE

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Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide 5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

Today’s question: do you enjoy your time on stage in the spotlight? OK OK, your answer might well be a resounding ‘no’. After all, if you’re here looking for public speaking tips that probably means you lack a bit of confidence on stage and need a little encouragement... READ MORE 

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Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide 5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

Today, let’s talk about speech structure. Obviously, it’s important to organise your content – for audience comprehension as well as ease of delivery! If you have a quick and easy speech structure at your disposal, then that also means you will be able to prepare yourself very quickly... READ MORE

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Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide 5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

Most of us in business want to do the thing that lights us up. Sometimes, marketing tasks like researching companies or researching opportunities feel like a real drain and a real struggle for us to get into. Here I share my top reasons you should hire help when looking for speaking opportunities... READ MORE

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Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide 5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

In this episode, I want to talk about something that’s very important if you want your event to go right, and that’s doing your audience research. I'll give you key questions you want to ask before your next (and every) gig and tell you why... READ MORE

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Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide 5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

Public speaking fear is a huge issue. There are so many different reasons why people can be afraid of getting up and speaking in front of the group. One of the reasons why people often get themselves tied up in knots is because they have what I called “Performing Monkey Syndrome”... READ MORE

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Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide 5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

Today I want to give you guidelines for your next public speaking gig, and how instead of just recounting a simple story, you want to talk about how important it is for the main character to succeed and what’s at risk if things go wrong... READ MORE

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Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide 5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

Today, I want to chat about the importance of follow-up, not only in terms of securing public speaking opportunities but also in terms of your business overall. I'll cover email follow up, social media follow up and systems to secure Public Speaking opportunities... READ MORE

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Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide 5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

Reasons why writing a book is worth your time and effort:

1. Enhances your credibility as a speaker

2. Sweetens the pot/provides an incentive to hire you for public speaking

3. Provides content for repurposing

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Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide 5 frameworks to ace a short speech.