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Dr. Jim
Video: Lights, Camera, TV Presentation? 4 Tips For Speaking On Television
Dr. Jim Anderson shows how a speaker can do a good job when they appear on television.
Dr. Anderson reveals the secrets that public ...
Video: Lights, Camera, TV Presentation? 4 Tips For Speaking On... theaccidentalcommunicator.com
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPtmxIMcHao Dr. Jim Anderson shows how a speaker can do a good job when they appear on television. Dr. Anderson reveals the secrets that public speakers need to be aware of in order to make the...
Dr. Jim
How long should your next speech be? Or maybe the more important question is, how long is too long? When we are asked to give a speech, ...
The Value Of Time – What A Public Speaker Needs To Know theaccidentalcommunicator.com
[caption id="attachment_1679" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Everyone's time is valuable…"][/caption] How long should your next speech be? Or maybe the more important question is, how long is too long? When we are asked...
Dr. Jim
Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela each of these famous individuals were fantastic speakers who helped all of ...
What Makes A Great Speech Great theaccidentalcommunicator.com
[caption id="attachment_1686" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="John F. Kennedy was truly a great speaker"]Image Credit [/caption] Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela – we all recognize the names....
Dr. Jim
Let’s Talk About Your Voice
How’s that voice of yours doing? When you give a speech, how does your audience react? If they aren’t hanging on your every word, do you ...
Let's Talk About Your Voice theaccidentalcommunicator.com
[caption id="attachment_1691" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Having a big mouth does not mean that you have a great voice…"]Image Credit [/caption] How's that voice of yours doing? When you give a speech, how does your...
Dr. Jim
Could Interference Be The Reason That Your Message Isn’t Getting Through?
You think that you speak clearly, right? There are no marbles in your mouth or anything weird like that. You speak the same language as ...
Could Interference Be The Reason That Your Message Isn't Getting... theaccidentalcommunicator.com
[caption id="attachment_1697" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="If your message can't get across the tracks, then you can't make a difference"]Image Credit [/caption] You think that you speak clearly, right? There are no...
Dr. Jim
So there you are, standing up in front of all of those people giving your speech. I wonder what they are thinking about? How are you ...
See What I Mean? How Speakers Can Use Eye Contact To Connect theaccidentalcommunicator.com
Image Credit So there you are, standing up in front of all of those people giving your speech. We all know about importance of public speaking, but I wonder what they are thinking about? I wonder if they are wondering what you...
Dr. Jim
What Shakespeare Can Teach Today’s Public Speakers
Let’s pretend for just a moment that you were a public speaker who lived back in Shakespeare’s time (1564 – 1616). It’s just you up ...
What Shakespeare Can Teach Today's Public Speakers theaccidentalcommunicator.com
Image Credit Let's pretend for just a moment that you were a public speaker who lived back in Shakespeare's time (1564 - 1616). Forget all of those presentation tips that you've learned because all of your PowerPoint slides are...
Dr. Jim
Think of all of the various things that you need to do at the same time when you give a speech: remember the words that you want to say, ...
Does Your Audience Like The Way That You Move Speaker? theaccidentalcommunicator.com
Image Credit This giving a speech thing is hard to do! Think of all of the various things that you need to do at the same time: remember the words that you want to say, keep eye contact with your audience, keep your hands at...
Dr. Jim
I don’t know about you, but I can’t tell you how many times I’ve found myself in a situation in which I needed to share some information ...
Speakers Know That To Be Understand, You Need To Use Analogies theaccidentalcommunicator.com
Image Credit I don't know about you, but I can't tell you how many times I've found myself in a situation in which I needed to share some information with my audience that was too big, or too strange for them to be able to...
Dr. Jim
I’m sure that you’ve heard this before, but your audience is sizing you up once they lay eyes on you. Sure, we hope that they have good ...
Hey Speaker, Do You Really Want Your Body To Be Saying That? theaccidentalcommunicator.com
Image Credit I'm sure that you've heard this before, but your audience is sizing you up once they lay eyes on you. Sure, we hope that they have good listening skills, but this may not matter. You've got somewhere in the...
Dr. Jim
How was your last speech received by your audience? If you talked with them an hour, a day, or even a week after you gave the speech, do ...
Digging For Laughs: Sources Of Humor For Public Speakers theaccidentalcommunicator.com
Image Credit How was your last speech received by your audience? If you talked with them an hour, a day, or even a week after you gave the speech no matter how good their listening skills were, do you think that they would...
Dr. Jim
Getting up in front of an audience to give a speech can be a nerve racking experience. If most of the members of that audience are under ...
Tough Tasks: How To Present To Children theaccidentalcommunicator.com
Think That You Can Handle This Audience?
Dr. Jim
Are you ready to kick your speaking skills up to the next level? If you are, then do you know how to become better? It has everything to ...
5 Advanced Public Speaking Practice Techniques theaccidentalcommunicator.com
In public speaking, as in sports, practice makes perfect...
Dr. Jim
So we all know that humor is one of a speaker’s most powerful tools. However, just exactly how best to use this tricky beast is ...
Tap Into The Power Of Observational Humor To Score Big Laughs theaccidentalcommunicator.com
Fresh Humor Gets The Biggest Laughs...
Dr. Jim
A little while back I went out to the movie theater and saw the movie “Transformers 3: Dark Of The Moon”. If you are hoping for a movie ...
What Transformers 3 Taught Me About Giving Speeches theaccidentalcommunicator.com
[caption id="attachment_1505" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Speakers need to find ways to Transform their speeches"]Image Credit [/caption] A little while back I went out to the movie theater and saw the movie...
Dr. Jim
I’ve got no problem having to deal with being nervous as a beginning speaker; however, once I’ve been speaking for a while I should no ...
Public Speaker Challenges: Attack Of The Nerves! theaccidentalcommunicator.com
Before You Pull The Alarm, Find Out What's Causing You To Panic
Dr. Jim
Dr. Jim Anderson shares 3 web sites that allow a presenter to create images that will make his / her PowerPoint slides much more ...
Video: PowerPoint Tricks: Banish Boring, Invite Fun theaccidentalcommunicator.com
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K56O2wmj9gk&feature=player_profilepage Dr. Jim Anderson shares 3 web sites that allow a presenter to create images that will make his / her PowerPoint slides much more fun. Dr. Anderson visits...
Dr. Jim
In order to convince our audiences to follow us, we need to use words that will show them that we are leaders. Do you know how to do ...
Public Speakers Need To Learn The Language Of Leadership theaccidentalcommunicator.com
In Order To Lead, You Need To Say The Right Words
Dr. Jim
Dr. Jim Anderson shows how a speaker can memorize a speech of any length.
Dr. Anderson reveals the techniques that he uses to both ...
Video: How To Use Your Mental TV To Memorize A Speech (or Anything) theaccidentalcommunicator.com
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HJ6J6iOSP8 Dr. Jim Anderson shows how a speaker can memorize a speech of any length. Dr. Anderson reveals the techniques that he uses to both memorize and recall a speech. He then goes on and...
Dr. Jim
As speakers, you’d hope that we’d always be looking for ways to boost our speaking skills. However, it turns out that all too often this ...
Remember What Happens When A Speaker Stops Growing… theaccidentalcommunicator.com
When You Stop Growing, You Start Shrinking…
