Episodes

When you imagine yourself public speaking how does it make you feel? Confident or nervous? Good or bad? Public speaking notoriously provokes fear in many speakers. Did you know that adding humour to your speeches can go some way towards alleviating your anxiety? Humour helps to relax you and your audience, and can they feel more connected to you. Many speakers say: “I could never use humour in my speech. I just don’t feel comfortable with it.” But anyone can use humour. Listen to today's episode...

Allow me to introduce you to this week’s guest Cory Beckwith. Cory is a teaching and research technician, a laboratory manager in a pharmacy college and a lover of music and science. He talks about his interesting work in the field of pharmacognosy, which is the study of plants for use in medicinal drugs. Cory tells how he fell into his line of work by chance and how much joy it gives him. Subscribe to my newsletter and receive monthly tips and techniques to help you speak and communicate with c...

Imagine you've been ask to share your wisdom? Is that at work? A seminar for a local learning group? Maybe you have been asked to deliver a TEDx talk? How is that going to make you feel? Maybe a little nervous? Whether you are a beginner or experienced speaker, talking to a new audience can make you feel nervous. What can you do on the day itself to help ease your nerves, make you feel confident, and take a little of the unknown out of what you are about to do? Listen to today's episode and I sh...

Adding humour into your speeches and presentations is a powerful way to bring attention to the point you are making and help the listener to better remember it. But not everyone is comfortable with using humour in their speeches and presentations. But like any skill, practice makes perfect and if you gently introduce humour into your speeches and presentations, you will quickly gain more confidence in using humour. Do want to know a good place to start? Listen to today's episode where I share wi...

Imagine you are delivering a talk, or a presentation? What is the one thing you can do that will guarantee your clients or colleagues will either fall asleep be rushing to the exit door? It is delivering your message whilst keeping both your hands in your pockets. Audiences love it when you have an open and welcoming posture. This way you will look welcoming and you can use your hands to emphasis different aspects of your talk. Remember if you listen to Episode 32, you will hear how most of what...

Allow me to introduce you to this week's guest Carole Simb. Carole is an entrepreneur, writer, model and experienced public speaker. https://www.carolescreperie.com She talks about how a career isn’t defined by only having one job. And how she is engaged in various different professional interests that give her joy and bring a variety of skills and creativity into her life. Saying, whatever you decide to do, you must enjoy it! Subscribe to my newsletter and receive monthly tips and techniques to...

When was the last time you sat in a meeting? Have you ever sat in a meeting where most of the people in the room you had never met before? Imagine you are sat in the room, the meeting chair looks around the room and says, let’s get to know each other. And everyone has to introduce themselves. One by one each persons sits or stands and says their name and starts describing what they do. Everyone sounds confident and they describe their role in a way that sounds so much more interesting than yours...

Imagine you are delivering a presentation at work and you are using slides. What is the one thing you can do that will guarantee your colleagues will either fall asleep or be rushing to the exit door? It is turning your back to them as you speak and reading directly from your presentation slides. Colleagues love it when you face them. Allow your audience to read from the presentation slides as you talk and fill in any gaps to add context to the words on the screen. By facing your audience, they ...

Imagine you are at work and seeing a colleague delivering a presentation. Imagine listening to that presentation and the speaker's voice stays fixed at the same tone and volume throughout. They sound bored which means you will feel bored too!

This week I am having a group chat with two public speaking experts, Adam Wells and Stephen R. Marriott Adam is a Life Planner and Transition Coach & Speaker who speaks regularly to large audiences both in the UK and internationally. https://www.adamwells.com Stephen is a Speaker and Author of the Reluctant Pilgrim Novels who uses public speaking to spread the word about his books. https://stephenrmarriott.com They talk about a keynote speech which Stephen is preparing for, which at this point i...

It is important to get your volume and pace right in all communications. Whether that be delivering a presentation to colleagues at work, having a conversation with a friend or family member, or creating a video learning experience.

In this episode I share with you my breathing exercise, which is very easy to follow and very quick to do. It can help you to feel calm, feel relaxed and confident in the build up to a job interview, a big presentation at work or a speech at a public speaking club. This is a great technique that you can carry with you everywhere. If you would like to discover more tips and techniques to help speak and communicate with confidence, you can subscribe to my newsletter and access my free confident co...

What do you do when an opportunity comes your way and your boss asks you to deliver a presentation at work? You have two choices… Avoid it and pass the opportunity on to a colleague. Or say yes and do your best.

All me to introduce you to this week's guest Elaine Hopkins. Elaine is a writer, speaker and coach whose passion is helping people to live beyond their labels, to explore their full potential. She says the secret to being a good communicator and ...

There is no greater gift to a public speaker than to receive feedback. Feedback is an opportunity for someone to share with you their option on the content, structure and delivery of your talk. Subscribe to my newsletter and receive monthly tips and techniques to help you speak and communicate with confidence. Please click me: http://eepurl.com/gj6Sb9. They may notice some things that you were not aware off and can work on to improve in your next presentation. Whether delivering a presentation a...

In this episode I share with you something that is going to sound obvious but I think it is still worth mentioning. Once you have written your speech, prepared your presentation or put the finishing touches on your important pitch,

Lots of clients I have worked with have built up a great arsenal of tools and skills in public speaking and presenting. However, sometimes they find themselves so overwhelmed with nerves, anxiety or pressure before they are going to deliver an important speech or presentation, that they forget all the good things they know. This means they rush through their speech or presentation and don't feel they did a good enough job. So in response to that, I have made this short guided mindfulness meditat...

Allow me to introduce to you this week’s guest Vidura. Vidura was an engineer who now works with children in the entertainment and education sector.He is a public speaking expert who uses his communication skills to promote his message about social change. Subscribe to my newsletter and receive monthly tips and techniques to help you speak and communicate with confidence. Please click me: http://eepurl.com/gj6Sb9. He talks about his passion for engineering, mathematics & dance and tells us how h...

I don't know if this will resonate with you but the majority of what we say is not in our words but in what we don't say, or our body language. Subscribe to my newsletter and receive monthly tips and techniques to help you speak and communicate with confidence. Please click me: http://eepurl.com/gj6Sb9. In Episode 32 'Communication Skills for Sensitive Conversations' Isabella Karat said she believes that over half of our communication with one another is in what we don’t say, or our non verbal s...

In this episode I share with you my top technique on how you can look and feel confident when delivering work presentations. Even if you are feeling nervous because your boss and work colleagues are watching you. It is called using 'Pauses'!

In this episode I share with you my top technique on how to build a connection and gain rapport with your listener. This will help you whether you are having a conversation with one person OR public speaking,

Allow me to introduce you to this week’s guest Caroline Tory. Caroline is a Marketer who works in the Financial Services industry.She is a keen traveller and says she's on a bit of a journey in public speaking and presenting. She talks about the various opportunities that have come her way to test her public speaking and presenting skills; from speaking at weddings to delivering important presentations to large business audiences, and how she coped with them. Caroline speaks honestly about her f...

In this episode I share with you my golden rules for when you want to 'Use Notes' in your speeches, presentations or pitches. Subscribe to my newsletter and receive monthly tips and techniques to help you speak and communicate with confidence. Please click me: http://eepurl.com/gj6Sb9. Avoid using large pieces of paper on which you have written your speech in full. This creates an obstruction between you and the lister and is distracting for you and them. Instead use record/index cards which fit...

In this episode I share with you two techniques that you must incorporate into your next speech, presentation or pitch so that you 'Start and End strong' Subscribe to my newsletter and receive monthly tips and techniques to help you speak and communicate with confidence. Please click me: http://eepurl.com/gj6Sb9. I call the first technique 'Start like this and people will want to listen'. You want people to listen when you have put hard work into preparing your speech, or that work presentation,...