Tip of the Day Series: Experts say 'be specific', but how? What details help to be specific? What details confuse an issue? What details are missing that make us sound vague? When we get it right, there is a unity about our speech which we can never reach unless we are specific!

TEDX GUEST SPEAKER WED. 27 MARCH artfulorators.wordpress.com/2019/03/24/ted…

Tip of the Day Series: There is nothing as impressive for an audience as listening to someone who has great knowledge of their subject - make sure that you’ve researched your topic in depth - be ready for questions and feel comfortable and enthusiastic in the spotlight.

Report – Meeting Wed., 27-03-2019 artfulorators.wordpress.com/2019/03/28/rep…

Tip of the Day Series: “I like large parties. They’re so intimate.” (F. Scott Fitzgerald) - here's a skill to work on - speak to a group of people as though they are just one and make your speech feel more intimate and personal.

Tip of the Day Series: What are your particular strengths as a speaker? Your voice? Your knowledge? Your empathy? Your quick-thinking? Your stage presence? Identify your strengths by becoming more self-aware and by listening to feedback and build from those strengths.

Tip of the Day Series: What topics are you passionate about? Make a list. If you are asked to speak about a topic that you don’t feel so connected with, look for the connections within that topic which interest you and start from there.

Tip of the Day Series: It's true that the world holds us at our own measure. Think fail and fail will be the result. Think 'I've got this' and you're half way to success. You're ready to take your opportunity to grow and you want to engage.

Tip of the Day Series: Using notes, you can never fail - your notes are right there for you - without notes, you can fail, but you can also reach the most exciting, the most gripping, the most intriguing version of yourself as a public speaker - worth the risk?

DIVISION B SPRING CONFERENCE 2019 artfulorators.wordpress.com/2019/04/15/div…

Next Meeting is on Wednesday 8 May artfulorators.wordpress.com/2019/05/04/nex…

Tip of the Day Series: Toastmasters promotes impromptu speaking for a reason - thinking on your feet is one of the great speaking skills - to be able to answer articulately, intelligently and with calmness, without any preparation time at all, makes you a top speaker.

Tip of the Day Series: If we can overcome defensiveness (a very difficult challenge) and encourage evaluators and audiences to give honest critiques of our speeches, then we can learn so much more and get to levels higher than we ever thought possible.

Tip of the Day Series: Use quotes, stories and anecdotes. They will help reinforce your message and entertain the audience.

Tip of the Day Series: You can make a better connection to your audience by using 'we' instead of 'you' or 'I'.

Tip of the Day Series: If someone disagrees with you, don't take it personally, consider their responses educational - an opportunity to learn more about a subject, or an opportunity to hone your own arguments to deal with objections.

Tip of the Day Series - Trust your instincts. If your gut tells you to steer your speech in a particular direction or bring up a certain topic, listen to what it says.

Tip of the Day Series: Every time we speak, we are trying to achieve a purpose. We need to be clear about our goals and targets for a speech. We need to know why our goals and targets are important.

Thu 19 Dec / Artful Orators Alumni Reunite for a Dialogue Experiment artfulorators.wordpress.com/2019/12/19/thu…