by Trish Springsteen | May 20, 2010 | Communication, Public Speaking
Silence can be a powerful tool for a public speaker. However, there is a fine balance between effective silence and too long a silence that either indicates to an audience that the speaker has problems or allows the audience to get restless. As you get more...
by Trish Springsteen | Apr 10, 2010 | Communication, Public Speaking
The eyes are the window of the soul. – English ProverbIn public speaking this is particularly true –making eye contact with your audience ensures you involve your audience in your speech, allows you to monitor the audience response to your speech and allows the...
by Trish Springsteen | Mar 31, 2010 | Communication, Public Speaking
An essential part of public speaking is your Audience. Well obviously you might say – without an audience you can’t really be a public speaker. Audiences are who we speak to and why we are there.It’s surprising therefore, how often we forget them or take the audience...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 6, 2007 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
Anyone can make a superb speech if they will speak about something that has deeply stirred them. Living, feeling, thinking, enduring – that is the finest preparation ever yet devised for speaking.Audience analysis is a central element for successfully choosing...