by Trish Springsteen | May 21, 2010 | Communication, Public Speaking
Have you ever sat through a conference which seems to be getting later and later? Have you found yourself surreptitiously checking your watch and wondering just how long this was going to go on for?Then you were the victim of a speaker’s lack of respect for Timing.It...
by Trish Springsteen | May 6, 2010 | Communication, Public Speaking
The key to any successful public speech is in the preparation and practice. While the organisation is vital to enable our listeners to follow our ideas; to understand our evidence – it is in the practice that we hone the delivery to create the emotional...
by Trish Springsteen | Jan 13, 2010 | Personal Development, Public Speaking
People attend our workshops for many and varied reasons: to get more confidence, prepare for work presentations, to be able to answer impromptu questions clearly and concisely. One of the many reasons given is that they have to give a speech at a wedding. Wedding...
by Trish Springsteen | Aug 4, 2009 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
Today I met a fellow procrastinator. Another devoted follower of the maxim : Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow!For many years I was quite happy to be a procrastinator. That is until I became interested in public speaking and following that became...
by Trish Springsteen | Mar 19, 2009 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
I am in the midst of massive renovations on my house and am currently sitting here watching walls being torn down, tiles being laid, timber being cut and hoping that it is all going to be put back together. Listening to the discussions going on between the builder and...