What stands between you and the point you want to make? These four surprising enemies. ideas.bkconnection.com/the-4-enemies-… #publicspeaking

When #presenters raise their volume, they're easier to hear, but also come across more credible, authoritative, and confident. Louder interns sound like managers. Louder managers sound like VPs. Unconvinced? Read (& listen to) my #Toastmasters Mag article. toastmasters.org/magazine/magaz…

Ask first, “What message am I trying to send?”  Then design or find a diagram that carries that message.  buff.ly/3Q57vq3 #publicspeaking #diagram

These are easy phrases to make.  But they aren’t likely to create the outcome you want.  Instead, limit the discussion around your observations and experience.  buff.ly/3QAVSaK #publicspeaking #phrases

What you say and how you say it both matter.  But even within the very-important context of what you say, there are better ways to communicate your message. buff.ly/3QAVSaK #publicspeaking #phrases

I’ve had some time to think about surgery and extreme changes to our lives.  There are three typical phases to accepting and pursuing big changes: buff.ly/3r4D9Ke #publicspeaking #change

Working to alter behaviors that have become comfortable isn’t always easy.  But the long-term advantages are worth the short-term inconvenience. buff.ly/3r4D9Ke #publicspeaking #change

While slides can be a very effective addition to a presentation, always remember that YOU are the presentation. Make sure you deliver the compelling message well. buff.ly/3F6scLs #publicspeaking #PowerPoint

With a lot of work and a little review, you can read a script word-for-word and sound like you’re just having a normal conversation.  It’s a skill worth having, especially when the stakes are high. buff.ly/46d72GA #publicspeaking #practice

You can always use more time to prepare.  But you rarely get it.  Do your best and deliver what you know with the best skills possible.  buff.ly/4a7zaOV #publicspeaking #prepare

When you climb on stage, it’s too late to prepare any more. You can always use more time to prepare.  But you rarely get it. buff.ly/4a7zaOV #publicspeaking #prepare

As we launch into the New Year, take some time to reflect and plan so that a look back a year from now can reflect you accomplishing what you most wanted to. buff.ly/48yvynP #publicspeaking #newyear

Our behavior drives impressions. Control your behavior, and you control the impressions. #publicspeaking #firstimpressions buff.ly/4ebK9bu

Your reward for continuing to improve your communication skills is increased opportunity and a shorter training period the next time. It can be done. But it takes training. buff.ly/3BuiJ29 #publicspeaking #practice

Whether it’s the emotion that overcomes you when telling a poignant story or the anxiety that strikes when you take the stage, it’s hard to prepare for what you will experience. buff.ly/3BuiJ29 #publicspeaking #practice

It’s a perfect day to practice expression. Go bigger! More inflection! Vary that voice! And smile bigger than you’ve ever smiled before. Your audience will respond. buff.ly/3V6gJEp #publicspeaking #authenticity

It’s never as weird as you think. It’s never as loud as you think. It’s never as long as you think. Stop listening to the internal voices and start listening to your audience. buff.ly/3V6gJEp

There is a lot of advice surrounding the use of non-words that I, uh, disagree with. Here are three thoughts about the most common myths about those pesky words: buff.ly/4gqzzOH #publicspeaking #fillerwords

With several thousand data points to guide my conclusions, I have the following observations about non-words/filler words/useless words: buff.ly/4gqzzOH #publicspeaking #fillerwords

you don’t have to follow the template. Forge your own path. Be your own communicator. Ask (and answer), “What really works?” buff.ly/4jjUVQa #publicspeaking