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How to Use Eye Contact in Public Speaking
As a speaker, eye contact is perhaps the easiest way for you to connect to your audience without saying a word. If your audience is engaged with you, they will reward you with good eye contact as well. Read more
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How to NOT Freak Out While Giving a Speech
There’s no way around it: public speaking anxiety sucks. No matter how much you try to say it doesn’t matter, or that your nervousness is just imaginary, it takes over without your control. You’ve probably tried to use positive thinking. You’ve told yourself that each audience member is your friend. You’ve forced yourself to put… Read more
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The Rise of ‘You Guys’
For the past year as I have been speaking at events, I have noticed a new trend emerging. Like a lot of public speaking behaviors, this one seems to be learned from observing others doing it. Despite this trend becoming more common, nobody ever seems to mention it. But, as an emerging speaker trying to… Read more
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The True Value of the Speech Contest
Every time you ‘lose’ a contest, people will say they are ‘sorry’ you didn’t win. They don’t often tell you that you have changed and grown as a speaker. But if you listen to yourself, you can feel that you are growing. Read more
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Stop trying to control your audience
A good speaker expects certain behaviors from their audience. A great speaker flows with the audience. It doesn’t matter what reaction they get, what matters is that they are in sync with the audience. Read more
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How to use eye contact in a speech
As a speaker, eye contact is perhaps the easiest way for you to connect to your audience without saying a word. If your audience is engaged with you, they will reward you with good eye contact as well. Read more