"I found that things became a lot easier when I no longer expected to win." ~ Leonard Cohen ...Tags: Tags: General Comments Entertainer

Part of the problem people have with public speaking is their expectation . They expect that, once they start doing it, they will never be nervous again. Let go of the expectation that you need to be anxiety-free. Do you have unrealistic expectations about your public speaking experience? ...Tags: I've been speaking or performing for 30 years and guess what: I still get nervous . When their nervousness doesn't retreat, they determine that there is something "wrong" with them, and start saying things like " I hate public speaking " or " I suck at public

He covers a lot of territory in a few words, but what I like about it for presenters is this: What are you doing to go beyond the expectations of your audience? Given that the vast majority of presentations are stale, boring, bullet-laden dirges, it doesn't take a lot. SETH GODIN HAS AN INTRIGUING NEW POST today, entitled " Thinking Bigger ". Even simplifying your visual presentation, as so well defined by Garr Reynolds and Nancy Duarte, is a major leap forward for most. But what about changing the conversation — or, rather, making your presentation into a conversation?

My training webinar, “ Present interactively—Your audience expects it!” 8221; was well received and you can now purchase the recording. In fact, the Training Manager of a state teacher’s union hired me to give this webinar, slightly customized, for employees. That too was well received. 

Semple confirms what we all thought: The higher the expectations, the higher the suicide rates.  This is one for the plot line of "The Good Wife."  quot;  Alicia defends a client who performed emotional mercy killings on Korean Americans who were unable to off themselves.  0160; The client is also a Korean American and did the job for no payment. 

Today I conducted a training webinar on presenting interactively. I loved the topic and enjoyed myself quite a bit! Here’s what I covered: Why interactivity is necessary in today’s world: people are no longer willing to sit passively and take in information.

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Here’s the situation:   It was a big networking event, and the speaker was introduced as a networking guru, brought in from another state.  The The speaker began her presentation with a funny story about how someone bored her by talking only about himself over a get-to-know-you lunch.  The The speaker then announced that she would share five important networking tips with the audience.

0160; Don’t orate – talk to us – Audiences expect to have a conversation with and from speakers.  1.  0160; Lose the Power Point – when you put up Power Point slides you ask the audience to look at 2 – or 3 – things at once: you, your slides, perhaps a printout of your slides. That’s distracting.

And I'm afraid that the thrust of the current Twitter buzz advocating twittering during speeches will cause an expectation of good communication that will not be met – and will lead the majority of people (like most of our clients) down the wrong path. But we're beginning to see an expectation that people SHOULD Twitter, it’s OK, it will be constructive, and it’s not really because they’re bored. Business speakers (and leaders, keynoters, politicians, Pastors and, well, everyone…) need to be aware that like it or not, Twitter is coming to their speaking experience. Be Aware, and Beware!