Archive for March, 2008

To Smile or Not To Smile

Mar 04

One of the most common mistakes speakers make is to plaster a smile on their face and keep it there, regardless of what they’re saying. This is as true for my public speaking students as it is for my corporate storytelling students. I encountered this situation twice in the last month.

 

One was in a Story Theater Retreat here in my home studio, and the other was in a one-day Storytelling in Business workshop for a training company. One of the students was a high-energy female, full of movement and energy.  The other was a male student who was more subdued, but equally enthusiastic. In both cases, the “speaker’s smile” was ever present.

 

I call it the “speaker’s smile” because it was there all the time when they were presenting, but when they were off the stage, the smile came and went based on the topic of conversation. The problem of the “speaker’s smile” becomes pronounced and incongruent, especially in the context of storytelling. Read the rest of this entry »

What is Motivational Speaking podcast

Mar 03

In this podcast Doug explores the difference between motivational speaking and simply giving speech.  He discusses the subtle but powerful difference between trying to impress people with your content and providing meaningful context for that content.

Motivational speaking is an art. It’s more like an exciting movie than an informative lecture. When designing a motivational speech, the speaker must consider not just what to say, but how it will be portrayed.

In this podcast of one of Doug’s articles, he’ll explain how you can move beyond delivering content, to inspiring people to achieve their goals. You’ll learn a new approach to speaking that will not only change your results, it will help you change peoples lives.

 
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