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Tips to Help Your Communication ConfidenceWant a Powerful Tool That Is Free and Always Available to You?
It has been said that the reason we were given two ears and only one mouth is to remind us to use them proportionally. Unfortunately, giving another person the courtesy of one's full attention appears to be a dying art. Too many television shows seem to glorify the...
Overcome Nerves and Fear – The Third Key to Compelling Presentations
The first key points out the importance of having a powerful message that is clear, concise, well-organized, and created in language that resonates with your ideal audience. Knowing that you have a compelling message to share is the foundation of public...
Improve How You Sound So You Are Heard When You Speak
Studies show that, when people can see us, they get 38% of the meaning of what we say from our tone of voice. When people can't see us, on the phone for example, they get 90% of the meaning of what we say from our tone of voice. So often, the first time we hear...
How Are You Choosing to Feel This Minute?
How are you choosing to feel right now? Happy, sad, annoyed, distressed? Perhaps you know someone, as I do, who can look at a glass that is 90 percent full, and only focus on the 10 percent that isn't there. In times of stress, it's very easy to look at the empty part...
The Value of Vocal Variety
One sure way to put your audience to sleep (any audience - on stage, online, on the phone, etc.) is to share your message in a monotone. Adding vocal variety not only helps to keep the eager attention of the people listening to you, it also enables you: To allow...