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5 tips from Alex Honeysett, and two more from me.

by Rob Cottingham | Jan 18, 2013 | Speaking, Speechwriting

Alex Honeysett offers a solid set of 5 Public Speaking Tips for Entrepreneurs who are nervous at the thought of getting up in front of an audience. Her advice includes practicing knowing your space (really important, and so often overlooked) knowing your audience finding the balance between self-promotion and the content people came to hear breathing – … Keep reading →

You, in the back. Stop looking at me and start tweeting.

by Rob Cottingham | Dec 24, 2012 | Everything Else, Speaking, Speechwriting

Jeff Hurt reports on a study that suggests tweeting during a class isn’t distracting – it actually increases engagement: Education Professor Christine Greenhow, Michigan State University, conducted a study on Twitter as a new form of literacy. Her results showed that adults who tweet during a class and as part of the instruction: are more … Keep reading →

Knowing enough to be useful is enough.

by Rob Cottingham | Oct 31, 2012 | Everything Else, Speaking, Speechwriting

Lauren Bacon shares a personal demon (possibly a genetic one!) about public speaking and imposter syndrome: My mother [is] a brilliant and successful woman who has spent her entire career in the nonprofit housing sector, and who runs an organization that she has built up from a small nonprofit with a few apartment buildings to … Keep reading →

Uh, how to, you know, fix a speaking, ahhhhhh, tic

by Rob Cottingham | Jul 18, 2012 | Speaking, Speechwriting

There are several relatively painless ways to fix a tic. My favorite is to get someone, a friend, to count the tics over some specified period of time, like a speech, and then charge the offender an agreed-upon sum for each offense. Usually a dollar is enough to get the malefactor’s attention. And you’d be … Keep reading →

How Nancy Duarte prepares for a TED-esque talk

by Rob Cottingham | Jul 12, 2012 | Speaking, Speechwriting

  10 Ways to Prepare for a TED-format Talk It’s kind of reassuring to know that even a public-speaking icon like Nancy Duarte can run over time (even if it did take a nasty chest cold to make it happen). But reading through these tips, it’s hard to imagine much short of a ferocious virus … Keep reading →

How the author of The Information Diet preps a speech

by Rob Cottingham | Jul 12, 2012 | Speaking, Speechwriting

How to Prep for a Presentation, by Clay Johnson Maybe it comes with doing a lot of thinking about which information is and isn’t important. But Johnson’s determination to do a superb job of something he considers very important shines through in this piece: Fewer things generate a higher return on investment for time spent … Keep reading →

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