Passionately Speaking Blog
What To Do When You Can’t Remember Your Next Word On Stage
Ever wonder what you can do when you can't remember your next word on stage? One of the biggest fears of public speaking is people forgetting what they're going to say. And there is nothing worse than being in the audience and seeing that happen. You can tell that...
How to Get Speaking Opportunities When You’re Just Starting Out
The number one question I always get is how to get more speaking engagements. When you first start out, it might be a little harder. Where do you go when you first start out? Even if you're not brand new, you can use some of these techniques. Phase One: Determine...
How to Show Your Personality When Public Speaking
Everyone has a unique personality and when you speak in public, you should make sure your audience can see it! You may think that public speaking is about delivering a prepared speech, but it’s important to remember that you are still an individual, even when standing...
10 Tips for Becoming an Expert Public Speaker
Are you looking to take your public speaking skills up a notch? Whether you’re just starting out or have been speaking for a while, it’s always beneficial to brush up on the basics and fine-tune your technique. Here are 10 tips from The Master Speaker Trainer, Arvee...
10 Tips for Delivering Business Presentations
Business presentations are done to generate leads and referrals. We can use them to get people to sign up on our calendar and sometimes we may be able to sell an event or a book or other product or service. The bottom line is you do business presentations to get...
How to Build Community with Your Events
Once you're ready to host retreats and other multi-day events, you'll want to get really good at building community. I have a number of key tips that work for me. Building Rapport is Different From Building Community If you are someone who hosts any kind of event, you...
Get Over Your Fear of Public Speaking
Have you ever been asked to speak in public and the mere thought of it sent a chill down your spine? You are not alone! Many people have been in that same situation before and felt the same fear of public speaking. As The Master Speaker Trainer, I want to share with...
How People and the Event Industry Has Changed
This is an early 2023 update… Events have changed, including live events. I organize an event each year for SCORE. For the previous year’s event, we had over 100 people signed up a month in advance. This year 12 days before the event, we have 33 people and 10 of them...
How To Read Your Audience’s Nonverbal Signals
We talk a lot about what we need to do when it comes to our speech and our story, but what about what the audience is doing? As speakers, paying attention to the audience is critical yet often overlooked by novice speakers. I have seen many speakers that are so...
How to Identify and Handle Difficult People
I want you to be able to identify difficult people both in your audience and off stage. This is important information to have because those people whether they are in your audience or not, they may become clients of yours at some point. Then, you’ll have this great...
