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My four watchwords for positive on-stage vulnerability

My four watchwords for positive on-stage vulnerability

by Rob Cottingham | Nov 5, 2018 | How to..., Speaking, Speechwriting

One of the most powerful ways a speaker can connect with their audience is to show a little vulnerability. Letting your guard down can assure your audience that they’re seeing the real you. It may help them relate to you and your story, and it builds a bridge of...
Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides

Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides

by Rob Cottingham | Apr 23, 2018 | How to..., Speaking, Speechwriting

Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.

Know your audience before you even meet them

Know your audience before you even meet them

by Rob Cottingham | Apr 18, 2018 | How to..., Speaking, Speechwriting

Every speech has a goal, one that almost always involves changing the way your audience thinks and acts in some way. You can only do that effectively if you know your audience. But just how you do that isn’t immediately obvious. You probably won’t get to meet most of...
Need to make a big emotional pivot without losing your audience? Try a three-point turn.

Need to make a big emotional pivot without losing your audience? Try a three-point turn.

by Rob Cottingham | Mar 22, 2018 | How to..., Speaking, Speechwriting

The speaker ahead of me was wrapping up. I could feel a little knot of anxiety start to grow in my stomach as I prepared for my turn at the mic. Speaker after speaker before me had spoken with courage and vulnerability, and nobody in the room had been left unmoved....
Delivery: How to lift a speech from the page

Delivery: How to lift a speech from the page

by Rob Cottingham | Jan 30, 2018 | How to..., Speaking, Speechwriting

“Put me up on stage in front of a microphone to speak off the cuff, and I do great,” one of my workshop participants said not long ago, as we talked about speech delivery. “But give me a written speech to read and I just go dead,” he added,...
Wrapping up my first Facebook Live speechwriting clinic

Wrapping up my first Facebook Live speechwriting clinic

by Rob Cottingham | Apr 7, 2017 | How to..., Speechwriting

Thanks to everyone who joined me this morning for my first official Facebook Live speechwriting clinic. (I say “official” because I’ve done a few impromptu runs at this in the past. Let’s define “official” as “I gave people...
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Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides

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Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.

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