https://youtu.be/bFXiiP4l8KM If we wanted to drone on, we'd buy one and fly it. Don’t be a drone. As speakers, we do not want to come across as emotionless. Not showing emotion or feeling when speaking limits your ability to be authentic. My job as a speaker coach is to help you put that emotion and … Continue reading If we wanted to drone on, we’d buy one and fly it. Don’t be a drone.
https://youtu.be/yJjJeaIPVKs If you’re frozen with fear before speaking, you need to let it go. When the panic sets in before you are about to speak and you feel yourself not being able to cope, and let’s face it we have all been there. Anyone who tells you that they haven’t are sociopathic narcissists. I have … Continue reading Frozen with fear before speaking? Let it go…
https://youtu.be/GSRQUNZnqbI Why do certain songs, once we've heard them, get stuck in our head? We've all got those 'earworms' those ones we can't stop thinking about or singing to ourselves. Why do ear worms stay in our brain? Earworm songs make use of melodic patterns, along with a dash of surprise.In order for our messages, … Continue reading Why do certain songs get stuck in our head?
https://youtu.be/rL_YitCMNXc It’s an oldie but a goodie. Don’t sell the sausage, sell the sizzle! Coke would never sell based on the taste. Coke sells on the feeling you get when you drink it. The feeling of refreshment of spending time with friends, of good times. Even if your speech has the most amazing content, if … Continue reading Don’t sell the sausage, sell the sizzle!
https://youtu.be/6b1DzV-LFXo How often do I need to practise my speech before I deliver it? I have always used the advice from two very skilled artists to answer this question. The first is the singer /songwriter Bryan Adams and second is perhaps the world's greatest actor, Sir Lawrence Olivier. Bryan Adams once told us that He … Continue reading How often do I need to practise my speech before I deliver it?
As part of my membership with Ipswich Little Theatre, I am delivering two, weekend theatre workshops, in June (1st and 8th) at the City Council libraries in Ipswich and Springfield. I plan on answering everything you wanted to know about theatre but were afraid to ask. Why not come along and unleash your inner actor … Continue reading Theatre Workshops – Come One, Come All!
Showing humility is hard, especially for traditional leaders. Old power and old culture suggests that leaders are the ones that tell people what to do, they have answers. Humility can feel soft when times are hard and may make leaders appear vulnerable. Be here’s the thing. This is exactly humility’s virtue.
When he arrives he sees the car is in fact stuck on the traffic island. All four (4) wheels are off the ground. The engine is running. There is only one person in the car and he is driving!
When he arrives he sees the car is in fact stuck on the traffic island. All four (4) wheels are off the ground. The engine is running. There is only one person in the car and he is driving!
I notice the look on the defendant face change to one of confusion. I see the defence solicitor out of the corner of my eye also look weirdly at me. I still haven’t realised that I’ve picked up the carafe.
