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Articles by Vincent Stevenson
Winning over your audience is a key skill for any speaker, and you do not have long to make that winning impact. Your audience is your major concern. Without an audience, who needs a speaker? This article gives some tips and advice on how to grab them from your opening statement.
Speaking Persuasively To An Audience
Speaking persuasively is every speaker's aim. We must look to first change people's thought processes before any real physical changes in behaviour can be affected. So what must we do to get inside of people's heads?
Handling Q&A sessions is a key skill to master for all presenters. A great presentation can easily be ruined by the way you interact with your audience. This article gives specific assistance in how to tread through the mine field of question and answer sessions.
A Vote Of Thanks - The Do's And Do Nots
We are oftem called upon at short notice to deliver a vote of thanks. This can be a little frightening for the uninitiated and there are a few rules and conventions which when known, can ease the fear and even make somebody confident to get it right first time.
Win Over The Fear Of Public Speaking
This short article explains why 90% of people would rather die than stand up and make a speech or presentation. The fear of public speaking is ever present, but there are self-help strategies as well as speaking organisations that can help you to overcome the fear of public speaking.
Banishing The Fear On Making A Speech
This article describes tips and techniques on overcoming nervousness when presenting to a live audience. Never feel those nerves again...
Structure For Speeches And Presentations
Have you ever wondered why people stop listening to your speech after two minutes? Perhaps they're confused... Where is this speech going? If you did not tell them at the outset you'll have an enormous job to retrieve them. If you need advice on structuring a speech, it's all in here.
Winning over your audience is a key skill for any speaker, and you do not have long to make that winning impact. Your audience is your major concern. Without an audience, who needs a speaker? This article gives some tips and advice on how to grab them from your opening statement.
Avoiding Distractions In Public Speaking
The theme of this keynote article is to recognise the effects that distractions can have on your audience. We all have our verbal foibles, but once we are aware of them, we have the opportunity to either manage or ideally eliminate them. Supreme clarity should be our clear objective.
First Impressions - Vital Seconds
First impressions count - no more so than in training where you encounter an endless stream of impressionable students. How do we do it? What are the secrets to success?
Cut Back On Stress With Thorough Preparation
In so many aspects of life, preparation is the key to success. Actors would not appear on stage without rehearsal, nor singers. So why do so many business people risk their professional reputations with poor speeches and presetations? Discover how to do a good job and enhance your reputation here.
MS Powerpoint With Guaranteed Positive Results
How to get the best audience experience from your use of MS Powerpont. Incorrect use of Powerpoint gives public speaking and effective communication skills a bad name. How many times have you sat through an endless slide show?
Are Communication Skills At An All Time Low?
Vince Stevenson discusses a recent TV programme where one of the main characters searching for a £100,000 job gives a poor presentation and effectively destroys his personal credibility.