How to recover after giving a terrible public speaking performance and bombing on stage – how I did it after a disastrous speech in college, and how you can too. Ever have one of those situations where you are asked to do some public speaking, and things just don’t go well? Whether it is from public speaking fear or presentation anxiety, or if the poor performance just came from preparing for your speech in an inproper way, it happens. Even public speaking pros can bomb a speech. These are a few things that you can do to recover.

Persuasive Public Speaking.  One of the most effective ways to persuade your audience is to relay a personal story or an example that shows the benefits of your recommendation to your audience.  Religious leaders have used this technique for over 2000 years with great success.  This video explains how the persuasive public speaking technique works.  Fearless Presentations is a [...]

“The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.”  — George Jessel For easy ways to better think and speak on your feet when you present, attend a Fearless Presentations® Public Speaking class in your local city.

“Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.” —    Evan Esar A professionally trained speaker can make 5 minutes of material last 30 minutes at least. But it will seem longer

Public Speaking Fear — Where does Public Speaking Fear come from? (VIDEO) I just finished a fantastic presentation skills class in Baden Baden, Germany, and I made a very interesting observation.  I’ve been teaching public speaking classes and presentation skills for years, and I realized a long time ago that fear comes from uncertainty about [...]

“Organizations with the most effective communications achieved a 91 percent total return to shareholders,” according to Watson-Wyatt, a global consulting firm focused on human capital and financial management.  Currently, there is much discussion questioning the ability of federally run health care and big government in managing our tax dollars. U.S. government agencies are taking action [...]

“The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.” —    George Jessel Can you quickly name 10 people as fast as I can that demonstrate this quote? To make it a little more difficult leave politicians off the list.

Last week in Chicago, nine people were in attendance at a Fearless Presentations class by The Leaders Institute. Everyone shared openly and enjoyed the different activities aimed at increasing their comfort in presenting and their ability to deliver effective public presentations. Feedback suggested that people most benefited from the preparation and delivery advice for effective [...]

By Erin Corrigan “Without music life would be a mistake” These are the words of the famous German Philosopher Frederik Nietzsche, and as a specialist in pronunciation and Accent Reduction for non-native English speakers, I can attest to this regarding the English language. English is a musical language, as is Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, and many [...]

By Doug Staneart Word-of-mouth advertising is one of the cheapest and most effective types of advertising your company can invest in, but how do we generate this elusive type of advertising? Most experts in the area will say, “Get out and ‘network’.” So we go to a Chamber of Commerce business card exchange, a small [...]