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Public Speaking and Presenting Made Easy Malmesbury Speakers Academy
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A podcast full of tools, tips, techniques and advice in bite-sized chunks that will help you stand up and speak with confidence - every time!
I spent two years asking hundreds of people what they found difficult about Public Speaking and Presenting - this podcast is all about what they told me and I will show you how to overcome those difficulties. If you have a fear or anxiety over public speaking, or if you struggle to structure or write your talk and if you want to influence your audience to take action or decide to buy - this is the podcast for you! Always friendly, to the point with no waffle or padding - this is Public Speaking and Presenting made easy.
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Top 3 mistakes speakers make
This week:
I’ve coached and trained hundreds of speakers over the last two years and seen hundreds more speak in businesses, clubs and conferences. I’m often asked for my top tips to become a better speaker so here are the top 3 mistakes speakers make – and how you can avoid them. -
Growing your business
This week:
Why Online Presentation Skills are the essential survival skill for 2021
How to Grow your Business with the OTTER framework
How to use a Podcast to grow your business -
The Art of the Introduction
A good introduction gives us a theme or meta-narrative we can keep returning to through our talk and it provides a sense of completeness and connectedness – and this helps make our case all the more compelling.
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WFH is here to stay
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life, said Oscar Wilde. And we saw the truth of this played out in another great British cultural icon – the Great British Bake-off when the opening skit for the new season saw Matt Lucas playing Boris Johnson telling the nation to stay in, go out – return to work, stay at home… And true to form, less than a month after telling the nation to return to work, Boris was telling the nation to work from home if they can as the second wave gathered momentum.
Whether we like it or loath it – for those who can – working from home is here to stay. -
Build Your Business Through Speaking
Somethings never go out of fashion – because they work so well. Chips in a butty. Biscuits dunked in tea. Paper note books or post-it notes.
Public Speaking is one of those things. No other skill will help you advance in your career, champion your cause, elevate your social standing or grow your business more than public speaking.
Warren Buffet said the easiest way to add 50% to your market value is to learn to stand up and speak – and he’s a guy who knows a thing or two about market values!
Here are three things you can start doing that will help you grow your business every time you speak – online and live in the room. -
Laughter is the best medicine
Laughter might be the best medicine, but like all medicines, when taken at the wrong time or in the wrong dose – it can be fatal. As a speaker there is nothing quite so painful as an attempt at humour that goes down like a lead balloon. This week I am joined by international speaker, author and laughter expert Dave Berman