Passionately Speaking Blog
Vocal Variety – Too Much Gets in the Way
Your voice as a speaker is your instrument. It is your connection between you and your audience. Your voice is your communication link and that is why it is extremely important. A good speaking voice has several characteristics: Volume Pitch Rate Quality Let’s dive...
How To Keep Your Speaker Body in Tip Top Shape
When a speaker gives a one-hour speech it is like working an eight-hour day. Therefore, it is important for speakers to keep their energy and stamina operating at the highest level. I am going to share with you four ways you can stay strong. How to Keep Your Energy...
Find Your Voice
To find your voice you need to be grounded in who you truly are as a speaker and deliver the transformation your audience seeks. This is not the same as the cliche of finding your voice. Finding your voice has often been used when referencing people who feel like they...
10 Tips for Effective Speaking for Business Owners (part 2 of 2)
In the previous blog I shared the first 5 of the 10 effective speaking tips every business owner and entrepreneur needs to know before they speak. Here are the tips 6 through 10. 6. Learn the Art of Persuasion and Influence. In a nutshell, find out what your audience...
10 Tips for Effective Speaking for Business Owners (part 1 of 2)
If you are a business owner, entrepreneur, coach, or consultant and want to be an effective speaker, then these 10 tips are for you. In this article, I will cover in detail the first 5 tips for effective speaking. The next 5 tips will be explained in the following...
Virtual Event Creation Formula
To create a successful virtual event, you need a great topic and audience to start and then you want to decide on the event name, the length, and the best platform. You also need the following set up.
How to Be A Better Audience Member in the Virtual Arena
Speakers have been on virtual stages for a little more than a year due to the COVID pandemic which stopped live in-person events. As speakers, we have learned to navigate through the nuances of the virtual platform as well as connect to a virtual audience. Both are...
Get High on Public Speaking (And Reach New Heights)
I have never taken drugs, so I do not know what that is like. But I have felt the high of public speaking and there is no greater elevated feeling! It feels like you are on top of the world. There is great satisfaction from seeing your audience change right before...
How to Strengthen Your Speaking Muscle
When we work out at a gym on a consistent basis, we build muscles. When we stop, we lose our fitness in approximately two weeks. Similarly, to keep our speaking muscles strong, we need to speak consistently or at least once a week. Just like when you work out at the...
How to Freshen Up Your Signature Talk
It is a known fact that speakers have a “signature talk.” A signature talk is the speech they are known for and they give it over and over. They share it so often that if not careful, it could become stale over time. For time to time a speaker needs to look at their...
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