Top 10 tips for Public Speakers #4 – Public Speaking’s not about YOU!
“… public speaking isn’t about the speaker – it’s about the public …”
Top 10 Tips for Speakers #3 – Should I Memorize, Extemporize or Localize?
“Should I try to memorize a speech, or should I just go with an outline?” The answer, I am afraid, is “that depends”.
Top 10 tips for speakers #2: Be Prepared – it’s not just for boy scouts!
“So when you are called on to speak, make sure you actually have something to say. And the only way to do that is to Be Prepared!”
Top 10 Tips for Speakers #1 – Stand Up, Speak Up, Shut Up.
“US President Abraham Lincoln spoke for just two minutes. But that two minutes was one of the most powerful rallying-cries in American history – the Gettysburg Address.”
Tuesday Training: Using video skills in training
In the past couple of weeks I’ve been lucky enough to observe a couple of great webinars and presentations on using video to deliver messages – especially as that medium relates to training. One was from my friend and former ABC colleague Julian Mather (who runs GetVideoSmart at julianmather.com), while the other was a webinar at…
Tuesday Training – Speakers vs Trainers?
This week, I am seeking your help, fellow trainers: I have no answers – only questions. One of the world’s premiere communications and leadership training organisations is Toastmasters – and it’s no secret that I am a member of (and often a cheerleader for) that organisation. It was, for many years, primarily about making better…
Tuesday Training – What’s in YOUR Trainer’s Toolkit (Part III)?
Over the past couple of weeks we have been looking at Trainer’s Toolkits and what’s in them – and I asked some of my Toastmasters colleagues what tools they consider essential. Here’s a suggestion from one member, based in Mexico. For ice-breaker exercises, divide participants up into three or four groups, using something like “preferred…
Tuesday Training – What’s in YOUR Trainer’s Toolkit (Part II)?
Last week in Tuesday Training we spoke about ‘fixes’ from the Trainers Toolkit – things that trainers have ready to go when things go wrong. But this week, let’s consider tools that trainers have to make things go right! First up, of course, we should look at tools to actually make sure you are providing…
Training Tuesday: What’s in YOUR Trainer’s Toolkit (Part I)?
Every trainer or educator starts out with an idea of what they would like to impart, a rough outline of how they want to impart it, and a basic concept of what they want their trainees to do with the knowledge once it has been imparted. Of course, many trainers never get much beyond that…
Tuesday Training: Teaching, Coaching, Mentoring – and trees that bloom on their own time.
What’s the difference between Mentoring and Coaching? Between Teaching and Training? How can we, as coaches, trainers, educators and mentors best serve those that we are helping? That’s one of the issues with John Maxwell’s Servant Leadership, of course (which I’ll address in a future Tuesday Training post) But its also something I’ve been…
