Presentation Skills | How To Create Instant Rapport With Your Audience With These 6 Easy Ways! The spotlights flood the stage. The chattering from the audience dissipates. The kind and eager audience members sit up straight with ears perked and eyes widened; the apathetic ones sink into the seats with eyes squinting and…
Conquering presentation fears – changing your relationship with stage fright When invited to take the stage to deliver their speeches, the majority of people, be it kids or adults, respond in the same way: heart starting to crash against the ribcage, mind going blank, cold sweat starting to break, throat seizing, knees weak,…
How To Effectively Deliver Painless, Engaging and Impactful Presentations “Who wants to present this project report?”, your boss/ teacher, or supervisor asked. Whoever volunteers to present, help promote the company or take one for the team shall be handsomely rewarded! (as it should be)” he/ she continued. At this point, I…
How to host an event speech & sustain small talk at festive parties and office events With Christmas and New Year (even the Chinese Lunar New Year) approaching, you’ll have more chances to host and amuse your family, friends, and visitors. Now that COVID restrictions have been lifted (no more masks!), there is…
As 2016 Public Speaking World Champion – What would I do if I were to start over? As I stared hard at the blank piece of paper, one thought kept gnawing at my mind – “How am I supposed to condense the ups and downs of my 15-year Public Speaking journey into a…
Road To World Champion – Public Speaking & Presentation Tips That I Have Acquired Over 15 years Have you ever experienced butterflies in your stomach when you were required to speak in front of an audience? Do you fear the audience members judging you? What if you don’t express to impress? Is the…
Skills & Techniques That Goes Into The “Presentation of New iPhone” Steve Jobs’ presentation abilities were famous, whether you attended one in person, watched one on television, or just heard about them. Although he didn’t utilize magic, the techniques he employed are crucial if you want to make a complicated piece of technology…
That Dreaded PowerPoint Presentation/ Pitch is coming…How To Ace It!? Public speaking/ Presentation need not be daunting, but if you don’t train and prepare for it, it ought to be then. “Are you satisfied with the level you’re at now?” – “Can I present/ communicate better?”. Back then, I was a budding…
Dear Reader, welcome to the next installment of the vlog/blog series from the Public Speaking Academy! The majority of you, if not all of you, would have at least experienced this scenario as an audience member for a very long presentation. You have a coffee cup in one hand and a pack of mints…