PEG Expectations - Speaking Pro Central

SPEAK SCHMEAK DECEMBER 31, 2010 The one thing you can do to be a better speaker. It's a free gift of yourself, your time, your attention, that you give someone with no expectation of reciprocity or repayment. That's it. MORE >>	SPEAK SCHMEAK JUNE 6, 2011 Don't distract: Contract! Contractions comes naturally, it's customary in the English language to use them, and it's the way others expect to hear us speak. MORE >>	RECENT POSTS FEBRUARY 23, 2012 \| THE ELOQUENT WOMAN From the vault: 7 times to turn down a speaking gig SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 \| SPEAK SCHMEAK Don't let the confidence-suckers get you down SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 \| SPEAK SCHMEAK Don't let the confidence-suckers get you down JUNE 6, 2011 \| SPEAK SCHMEAK Don't distract: Contract! JUNE 6, 2011 \| SPEAK SCHMEAK Don't distract: Contract! DECEMBER 31, 2010 \| SPEAK SCHMEAK The one thing you can do to be a better speaker.
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SPEAK SCHMEAK SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 Don't let the confidence-suckers get you down We are not hoping for or expecting prizes for what we do. If you know, please remind me. But there's also another kind of "jinxing." MORE >>	THE ELOQUENT WOMAN FEBRUARY 23, 2012 From the vault: 7 times to turn down a speaking gig But in these cases, I'd advise you to at least take a second look or turn down the opportunity outright. minutes to speak. No way!) Say no. MORE >>	THE ELOQUENT WOMAN APRIL 5, 2010 7 times you should turn down a speaking gig But in these cases, I'd advise you to at least take a second look or turn down the opportunity outright. minutes to speak. No way!) MORE >>	SPEAK SCHMEAK DECEMBER 31, 2010 The one thing you can do to be a better speaker. It's a free gift of yourself, your time, your attention, that you give someone with no expectation of reciprocity or repayment. That's it. MORE >>
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SPEAK SCHMEAK | MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2011
Don't distract: Contract!

But speaking entirely without contractions sounds unnatural and will certainly peg you as reading straight from a script, in addition to becoming a distraction for the audience. Contractions comes naturally, it's customary in the English language to use them, and it's the way others expect to hear us speak. MORE >>

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SPEAK SCHMEAK | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
Don't let the confidence-suckers get you down

So if friends and family have knocked them down a peg, it's not like their performance is going to suffer as it might if they were being asked to put on a show themselves. We are not hoping for or expecting prizes for what we do. At the Emmys last night, there was a similar thread running through several of the winners' speeches. MORE >>

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