by Trish Springsteen | Aug 27, 2008 | Personal Development, Public Speaking
Often when we engage in public speaking we are engaging in a selling exercise. It could be that we want to sell our product, our ideas, our opinions or even ourselves in interviews – but whatever it is, we must engage our audience on two levels.First we need to give...
by Trish Springsteen | Aug 25, 2008 | Communication, Public Speaking
I was sitting around one day, gazing at the computer screen and wondering what life was all about.Work was slow, and life seemed rather tedious – then I read one of those new-age books that said “light this candle, chant these words and your life will change!” So I...
by Trish Springsteen | Aug 17, 2008 | Communication, Public Speaking, Training
When I was engaged in training in for a Government Department, we had to devise a new training course to reflect new legislation. The Act had been passed, the implications had been studied, and the critical teaching points had been extracted. It was now time to decide...
by Trish Springsteen | Aug 11, 2008 | Business, Communication, Public Speaking
We all have heard the saying … “never assume because you make an ass out of you and me.. easier said than done. Too often we do assume. We assume we have heard correctly and jump in to answer the question we think we heard and not the one that was asked.We assume that...
by Trish Springsteen | Aug 3, 2008 | Personal Development, Public Speaking, Women in Business
We have just recently finished another one day public speaking workshop and it is always fantastic to see the improvement in nervous people in just one day. But I was reminded of an earlier workshop where I was approached by a very shy young lady who asked me,...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 13, 2008 | Communication, Public Speaking
And words are all we have … to communicate with! There is a myth which surrounds communication, that words mean the same thing to our listeners as they do to us. I was reminded of this fact when I was conducting a training session recently. We were discussing the...
