Tweet As a public lecturer, Dale Carnegie frequently spoke to a small audience scattered through a large hall in the afternoon, and to a large audience packed into the same hall at night. He found the responses he got from each group to be interesting: The evening audience laughed heartily at the same things that…
Category: Communication Skills
Stopping Your Listener From Nodding Off
Tweet No matter how masterful a presenter you are, there will be times when you notice the energy in the room is fading. A number of factors can play into this, not the least of which is you! It’s not that you’re a bad presenter, but it may be that you’re speaking to a group…
Tips for Overcoming Speaking Jitters
Tweet Public speaking is a huge fear for a lot of people. Fear of embarrassment. Fear of forgetting your speech. Fear of saying something that you may be judged on. Fear of failure. However, depending on your job and your role within the company, you may be asked to step up to the podium at…
Three Questions Create Facilitation Success
Tweet Way back in the early 1980’s, an organizational phenomenon was taking place across a good part of America and much of Indiana. Much like the early 2010’s, the economic situation was very similar back then. Consumer confidence was down; unemployment was a problem, and the cost of food and fuel had risen. If that…