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Posted in How Can I Audio on Jan 7th, 2009
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! We all need to know what can go wrong in a public speech but, more importantly, we need to know why and what we can do to make sure disaster doesn’t happen. Learn how to focus and what to [...]
It has been a while since I posted anything. I apologise. We have been very busy recording MP3s as our new feature. I have just finished a series on public speaking which, if you follow the whole series, will give you a great start on the journey towards being a masterful public speaker. There are [...]
Posted in How Can I Audio on Nov 14th, 2008
Persuasive speeches and presentations are made to individuals, not mass audiences. In this talk we examine how to gain greater certainty when public speaking. How to gain the necessary focus that will enable you to be natural and have your speech flow in a seamless way. You will find out what you are really doing [...]
Posted in How Can I Audio on Nov 10th, 2008
I hope you enjoyed the introduction to public speaking in the first podcast. This second talk takes you on the next step to becoming an accomplished public speaker. Some people call it presence. It is actually much more fundamental than that and introduces you to the concept of where it all begins and how to [...]
For many people this is a real concern. They are surrounded by uncertainty and don’t know what to do. Click on the video and discover your first How Can I answer.
Posted in Blog on Feb 22nd, 2008
I spent this week conducting a boot camp. No, not a military training school. I had young trainees who were starting a career in sales. I had five days to turn them from novices to sales consultants with a level of competence that would enable them to suceed rather quickly. They arrived here in Sydney, [...]
Posted in Blog on Jan 15th, 2008
I was driving to the gym the other day, about 8.30am. I had a couple of blocks to go before I needed to turn right, so I was in the centre lane, doing the speed limit. This small French car loomed up in my rear view mirror and started tailgating me. I wasn’t too concerned. [...]
Posted in Blog on Nov 20th, 2007
Last week we filmed the Philosophy of Learning. I expect we will be able to put it on the site next week. It’s funny, you know, when I stare at a blank sheet of paper before writing the notes for one of the talks, I sometimes just sit there, blank. No, not blank; I just [...]
Posted in Blog on Oct 19th, 2007
I was speaking last night with some acquaintances. We didn’t know each other well and someone asked me what I did for a living. Bad choice of question. I started on about my passion, developing people and really got into it. The topic of public speaking came up and I indicated that one of my [...]
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