At a recent meeting of the Long Beach chapter of the Professional Speakers Association, I had the opportunity to interview Julie Austin, the creator of Speaker Sponsor, a site that helps speakers find sponsors and sponsors find speakers to sponsor. Julie’s advice was to learn from successful speakers. This past […]
Last year, Carma Spence was invited to speak at the Western Museums Association’s 2012 Annual Meeting in Palm Springs, California, as part of a panel on public speaking. In this excerpt from her part of the presentation, she talks about organizing and opening your speech. Carma suggests you start with […]
Your message is an important part of your business, your career and your presentations. In today’s video, I chat with hard-of-hearing speaker Heide Hargreaves about her public speaking “super power”: her message. Heide has faced the challenge of being deaf head on and speaks her message of powerful statements and […]
In this video, I talk about the four objectives all speeches have. The objectives are: Inform Inspire Persuade Entertain I also mention that to engage an audience you need to be: Knowledgable Confident Positively energetic Would you like me to speak at your meeting or event? I am available to […]
In this video, I talk about how to find out information about your audience so you can tailor your presentation appropriate. Some ways to research an audience include: Scan publications your audience reads Contact insiders Internet research Talk to other speakers who’ve spoken to this audience Talk with the “locals” […]
In this video, I talk about how the time of day you give your presentation can impact your audience, and how you can overcome challenges that timing may present you with. Time of day can affect your audience in a number of ways: hunger level energy level attention level insufficient […]
Once you know who your audience is, you’ll need to consider where your audience will be when you give your presentation. In this video, I go over the basic logistics that can affect your presentation. The logistics I talk about include: Acoustics Seating Lighting Temperature Outside Noise Would you like […]
