by Trish Springsteen | Feb 25, 2008 | Communication, Public Speaking
One of the major barriers to good communication is our ability to listen properly. There is a significant difference between hearing and listening, and they are often confused.Sitting outside in the early morning with our cup of coffee, we can often hear the morning...
by Trish Springsteen | Feb 21, 2008 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place – George Bernard Shaw The most natural way to communicate your ideas and opinions is through speech, the spoken word. Unfortunately the result may not be what we anticipated ~ remember...
by Trish Springsteen | Feb 7, 2008 | Communication, Public Speaking
There’s a very popular addition to the language around at the moment. It is used by a majority of speakers from TV and radio presenters, public speakers and possibly members of your family.It is unfortunately taking over all our conversations and threatening to...
by Trish Springsteen | Feb 5, 2008 | Communication, Public Speaking, Training
PowerPoint is probably the most used of the various software options available when preparing multimedia presentations. All of them allow you to produce a number of visual effects such as :· Show bullet point slides· Present graphics, graphs, and diagrams· Add a...
by Trish Springsteen | Feb 4, 2008 | Communication, Public Speaking
Many nervous speakers depend entirely on their notes. They write their speech and try to memorise it word for word. To help them recall the information they will take their written speech to the lectern with them. There, terrified that they may forget some part of the...
by Trish Springsteen | Jan 22, 2008 | Business, Communication, Public Speaking, Women in Business
It is that time of the year when many of us look at the year ahead and think okay I know I want to achieve something by December – how do I go about it. I know I”ll set a goal! Sounds easy doesn’t it. If it was all that easy how come by the end of...
