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In the realm of online presentations, capturing and maintaining the attention of your audience is akin to navigating a labyrinth. It’s an elusive goal, but not an impossible one. In a world where distractions lurk behind every digital corner, communication and media training experts need to arm themselves with strategies that ensure their message resonates

Do you ever feel like you are a better than average communicator, perhaps a 6 on a 1 to 10 scale, and yet you’re still frustrated that you’re not consistently confident going into every presentation?  You are not alone. When it comes to your presentations, PowerPoints, new business pitches, podcast interviews, making YouTube videos and

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The guidelines I’m going to cover play an important role: they will help you turn all that dry, boring financial data into a great story. Because people react to stories. Certainly, better than data. Data will appeal to analysts, but I’ve found that to engage your audience, you need to put human context into numbers. And even data analysts aren’t just analysts – they’re people. And they are interested in stories about events and people. And how do I do that? Well, for starters, I

Introduction Financial presentations are all about data and numbers. How you present this information is critical to attracting your audience. The information presented should resonate with your audience and by the end of the presentation, you should know what the numbers and data mean. While financial presentations can often be complex, is a good idea to keep them relevant as this keeps your audience engaged. When creating your next financial presentation, you need to consider these attributes in order for it to be a success. Clarify The Goals Why are you are presenting this data and why is important? This

The message in any speech is whatever goal you want to pursue, what is the reason you want to pursue that goal? What’s the intent you want to see? For example, let’s say I want to improve my relationship with my parents. I want to take her with me on vacation. The message here could

You are the presenter, not the PowerPoint   The moment you stand up, you must speak to your audience. PowerPoint is for you; it is not for the audience. PowerPoint is a medium to reinforce key concepts you want to convey. Do not read your PowerPoint, as people do not like it at all. If

 Client Video Testimonials- Proving Your Credibility Your clients’ video testimonials will prove your credibility beyond doubt. If the prospect comes on your website and finds text testimonials or letters of reference from clients, they don’t know who wrote or said that. There is a possibility that you made that up yourself. It is much more

Are you communicating something interesting to your audience, whether it is a colleague, a customer, a client an audience member in a speech a friend, a date. Are you saying something interesting? Now nobody likes to think of themselves as a bore but how many speeches, presentations have you seen have, I seen where someone

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I’ve been speaking about speaking and presenting for more than 30 years. I enjoy it and have been told I’m good at it. But sometimes you have to grow and expand or you can get scale. That’s why I’ve created a new online course that is outside my normal genre. My latest course covers the

What is the general purpose of a speech?  What is the general purpose of a speech?  I mean a speech is a type of communication. These days you have a lot of options. You can write a book on paper.  You can create a magazine. You can call someone over the phone. You can text

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A couple of decades ago, I had just moved to New York City. And it was frankly very poor. I had invited to give a speech at a political organization, a political club.  It happened to be the same political party I was a part of. It happened to be the same political party that

One day I was conducting a media training session in my New York City studio. It was with the premier of Bermuda of the top politically elected leader of the country. We were doing a sample press conference. Then I do what I always do: I ask tough questions, we record it. We play a

My first brush with a media celebrity was in 1968. I was in kindergarten. I went to my kindergarten one day. There was a big assembly and we had a guest speaker. The guest speaker was Fred rogers. Mr. Rogers of PBS television fame.  Those of you outside of the us, for those of you

What’s the biggest challenge for anybody trying to communicate anything in our current era? It’s hard to be different enough and interesting enough to get anyone to pay attention. We live in an era where there’s 10 trillion messages zooming around us every second of the day. Every single company, for that matter, every single

Stint On Reality Let me take you behind the scenes of reality shows. No, I’m not reality TV star but there was a time when I did shoot a bunch of footage for a particular reality show pilot. I was conducting a day-long media training, with a very newly minted Miss Universe. Following her was

When you were young, or at least younger, did you ever aspire to be at TV talkshow host, a best-selling author, motivational speaker, a political pundit, or a celebrity giving interviews on the red carpet? The only problem was, where do you apply for these jobs? Especially if you’re 18 or 22 or just out

It’s a big world. Unfortunately, I am the typical ignorant American who only speaks one language-English. And yet I want to turn the 6 billion or so people in the world who don’t speak English into my customers. How do I do that? I partner with other speaking experts around the world to create local-language

Am I suggesting you should never edit video again? No, what I am advocating is that automatically  editing a video should no longer be your default position. You should ask yourself “is what I am doing going to create the most benefit for my online students, or clients, or prospects, or am I just doing this out of some base insecurity? Am I perhaps better off using the time I’m spending editing just actually creating more interesting useful content?”

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We live in a world with a  million distractions. It seems like every 2.3 seconds there is a new study coming out to prove that peoples’ attention spans have shrunk to 2.3 seconds! So skilled communicators put an even greater emphasis on being concise and brief, right? Not so fast! In a world of sound

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If You Are In a Hurry To Find An Answer To a Specific Question, Start Here This is the frequently asked question portion of my course. If you simply look at the titles of each one of the videos and blog posts, you will know exactly what they are about. I try to make each

What Is the Best Way To Start a Presentation What is the best way to start a presentation? Well, it is kind of like what I just did. I just tossed out something interesting over to you. It does not necessarily have to be in a question format. It does not have to be overly

Should I Read My Presentation Should I read my speech word for word since it is important that I should not make any mistakes? No, no, and no! If you do that, you are actually making the biggest mistake you could possibly make which is that you are going to bore your audience to death

What Is The Best Way to Close a Presentation What is the best way to close a presentation? To end a speech or a talk? The best way is to just state something with finality. Let people know. You do not have to say ‘and in conclusion’ explicitly to end it. You can simply say

What Do I Do If My Presenting Times Is Cut Back At The Last Minute What do I do if, at the last minute, my time is cut short? I was told I had 20 minutes but now I’m told to wrap up in ten minutes just as I am standing up. The organizer says

How Can You Test Your Presentation How can you test your presentation? How can you test a talk that you have done? Because, unless you are a huge corporation, you cannot typically be hiring focus groups and spending loads of money in this regard. your answer is right there in the audience: you ask them!

What Do I Do With My Hands While Giving a Presentation A really frequently asked question I get is: what do I do with my hands when I speak? Related to that question is the question of how do I stop moving my hands when giving a presentation. This is a big issue with a

I want to give you an advanced tip. Although anyone could do it, most people don’t. These are specific to the body language that we are talking about here. I know that some of you do not want to do the exercises that I tell you to do but I will be asking you again

Testing Your Speech With Focus Groups For Free Some of you are going to call me a hypocrite when you hear me say this but I am just going to be transparent with you. I cannot stand it when people call public speaking a soft skill and I even have course about soft skills on

Promo Video Body Language in the Workplace 2018 It is 2018. Do you know what angle is the best angle for holding your phone if you are doing a Skype video call? Do you know where you should look if a video blogger is interviewing you about your business or organisation? What if you have

More Is Sometimes More When It Comes To Public Speaking The best ice skaters in the world ice skate every single day. The best soccer players or the best football players play everyday or at least half the year, every single day for hours.If you want to be a great speaker, one technique is to

Let’s hop right in. Your time is really valuable and I want to give you some quick wins. There is a way to cheat when it comes to public speaking and do not worry, it is completely legal and ethical. I do it all the time and no one in my audience has any idea.

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Passing the Ultimate Public Speaking Test With Flying Colors Now we get to the single most important part of this course: if you actually want to become a dramatically better speaker. I am going to talk about the one thing that creates the most positive impact on your speaking skills. It is the simplest thing

Every Great Speaker Uses These; Every Awful Speaker Avoids These If you show me a great speaker, I will show you some awful speakers. I have had some successful speaking days where I got standing ovations which is nice and wonderful but I have had some lousy days of speaking an presenting to live audiences

Look Supremely Comfortable and Confident Every Time You Speak Now we are going to proceed to the part of the course where you are going to learn how to- wait a minute. Timeout! Would you want to watch me if I were to simply read that sentence off of a sheet of paper? My messages

Give Life to Ideas With Your PowerPoint, Not Death Some people like to trash PowerPoint and others say death by PowerPoint but I am not here to attack PowerPoint. In fact, some of my best presentations have been through PowerPoint because I use it all the time! But let’s face it: most powerpoint presentations are

Test Tubes for You If you had a really important press release that you had to send to all of your customers, clients, and regulators, as well as the media, would you just wing it? Would you just dictate it once and send it out as is? I don’t think so. You would look at

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Your time is valuable, so I want to give you some quick wins to help build your communication skills. You may be thinking that if you are nervous and uncomfortable giving a presentation, how can you remember what you have to say? Well, I say you should cheat with the cheat sheet. I never give

Promo Video Speech Therapy Eliminate Verbal Tics, Uh, Um, Er, Ya Know Do you have a problem with saying ahs, and ums, and ers? I am TJ Walker and I am not a speech therapist or a pathologist, but I am someone who has worked with successful leaders all over the world so I want

You Will Be Motivating, Not Data Dumping Once you have decided what you want your audience to do after they have listened to your speech, then it is time for you to start researching, digging around, and looking under rocks for messages, facts, and numbers that will motivate your audience to do what you want.

Great Body Language for Your Presentations How do you get a better control over your body language when you are giving a speech or a presentation to what I assume will be more than a couple of people in a pre decided setting rather than a spontaneous conversation? The biggest body language tip you need

Keynote Speeches Will Showcase Your Calm and Confidence Keynote speeches in front of large audiences: that is the scariest thing for most people in the workplace. It may never happen to you or it may happen once every 5 years. Maybe once a year your office may have a big annual convention for everyone in

The Composed, Confident Video Star One big change in the workplace these days is that more and more of us are being asked to present, talk, or work on video. 40 years ago, this was not the case- only the CEOs were asked to go on 60 minutes or some other big prime time TV

Use 1 Idea to Make Your Slides #1 The human brain is very visual. That is why it is easier to remember someone’s face than it is to remember what their name is written as on their business card. This is part of the appeal of Powerpoint because when you are using it effectively, you

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Extra Tips On How to Get Over Nervousness and Being Scared While you may have watched many of my videos, some of you may still feel as if you are still extremely nervous and scared to speak in front of people. I am here to give you some more tips on how to get over

You Are In Great Company Find Out Who If you are a beginner when it comes to communication skills, then you must look around at celebrities or superstars in your own industry and think,“ Wow! They are such compelling and confident speakers. They must have been born with this natural talent.” Well let me tell

Networking Like a Pro, Not a Wall Flower What is the best body language to have when you are at a networking event? A lot of people may have to go to networking events where they are the sole representatives of their companies and do not know anyone over there. You do not want to make

Never Spotlight Your Blunders and Mistakes Again The biggest moment for most people when it comes to their body language in the workplace is when they screw up. We are all humans, we all make mistakes, and it is natural to feel embarrassed. The problem when you are giving a talk, speech, presentation, or briefing

You’ll Never Fall for These Body Language Myths Again I am a big believer in teaching by positive example- focusing on what you should do and not on what you should not do. I want to address what I consider to be the three big myths when it comes to body language in the workplace

Before we get into the nitty gritty of body language tips in the workplace, we need to step back for a little bit and look at the big picture: what are we trying to achieve here? The goal isn’t to make everyone feel as if you are powerful. Neither is it to have super charismatic

Now You Know Where the Tics Come From Why do people say ah, um, er, you know, like, and other phrases and words of this nature? In my experience, a lot of the times, people do this because they are uncomfortable. Anything that takes them out of their normal conversational mode such as giving a

This is How to Get Your Audience to Do What You Want One of the most difficult and intimidating parts of public speaking is not knowing where to start from. Most people move towards websites, books, Wikis, and they start talking to more and more people in the office who have already presented on the

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Powerpoint Will Never Turn You Into a Robotic Bore Again A lot of people are really good and comfortable communicators when they are talking to someone one on one or giving speeches in small groups. But the second they have to give a Powerpoint presentation, all of their body language shuts down and how  they

  Let me give you the best way using which you can eliminate any verbal tics you have. While it is the most effective technique, it also a very unpopular one which is why you are not going to like it. I will tell you what it is and you can be the judge of

If it hasn’t happened to you already, it is going to happen to you soon. I have been seeing it everywhere in the workplace and that is the rise of the teleprompter. In fact, there are applications that you can download on your phone or your iPad and it will act like a teleprompter for

The Number 1 Tip for Eliminating Nerves Let me give you the best way using which you can eliminate any verbal tics you have. While it is the most effective technique, it also a very unpopular one which is why you are not going to like it. I will tell you what it is and

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A Focus Group to Make You Better Am I crazy? Is everyone looking at my beady eyes and making fun of me? All of us are sometimes too close to ourselves to really have an accurate, dispassionate, and unbiased perception on how we are coming across. You may think that you have a huge problem

People employ several means through which they can eliminate their verbal tics. One of these is having someone sit at the back of the room and ring a bell every time you say ums, or ah, or er. This is just awful. I love the people down at Toastmasters, it is a great organization and

Let me let you in on a little secret: if you are a beginner public speaker, you are going to be nervous and you will feel uncomfortable. And that is okay! Everybody is nervous when it comes to public speaking. For more than 30 years I have trained Presidents and Prime Ministers of countries, Nobel

Hit the Pin, Not the Sand Trap If you really want to reduce the ums, aahs, errs, and other verbal tics? Then you are going to have to do something that seems contradictory. I need you to stop focusing on not saying ums and aahs. I need you to focus instead on delivering ideas of

Crisis Communications How To Respond to Charges of Sexual Harassment Usually I am the one answering questions regarding public speaking here. But here is the question of the day and I am tossing it out to you.because I don’t really know what the best answer is yet and I want to see if any of

Public Speaking Masterclass Start Learning Public Speaking Skills Today Online Imagine that everytime you speak or present, you come across as comfortable, confident, and relaxed to any size audience-whether it is just two people, two hundred, or even two thousand. Imagine that your audience understands you, remembers your ideas, and that you are able to

Fake It If You Mess Up You have heard the expression “fake it till you make it”. But how does that apply to public speaking? Some people assume that you just pretend that you are Anthony Robbins, you go up there, and you are great- it is not quite that easy. Here is the thing:

Facebook Live Video Tip of the Day Tip of the day for when you are doing Facebook live video: sometimes when you have hit the stop recording button, it may still record another five seconds. I have had clients tell me that this has happened to them before- they hit stop, they think that their

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Technology Detox You have heard about going through detox; whether it is with too much alcohol, nicotine, or even technology. Trying to pry cell phones away from kids and going out to walk in the park without being tethered to a phone. That is a challenge for many people these days. I have another challenge

Crisis Communications Tip of Day Avoid Late Night Tweeting Media tip of the day: avoid late night tweeting, especially after a drink or two. If your whole brand or identity is all about being confrontational and controversial, saying it like it is without sugar coating it, picking fights, being a real combatant in political and

One Size Does Not Fit All During a Crisis When it comes to handling yourself during a crisis, it certainly helps to see what other people have done in the past. But it does not mean that the same strategy or same message will work for you. Case in point, many years ago, Jim Mcgreevey

  Following Up With Your Audience What happens if you are giving a presentation on sales or you are giving a business presentation when someone asks you a question and you do not know the answer to it? You know you can get the information for them so you will say that you will get

Going Stale  Have you ever gone stale in giving a speech or presentation? Great comedians quite often have to practice the discipline of completely throwing away every joke they have and starting from scratch each year. It takes a lot of work and effort but they do that so they don’t go stale. You may

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The most effective tip ever for helping someone become a better communicator is also far and away the least popular tip. The tip some of you may remember if you were a student in my course is that for any speech, presentation, talk, or interview, you have to practice in advance by just recording yourself

There are literally thousands of books on public speaking available on Amazon and most of them have some page or paragraph telling people what to do if they say ‘um’ or ‘ah’. These verbal tics that come out sort of clutter up what we are saying. It is not bad advice but frankly, none of

Media tip of the day: if you are doing an interview, with a reporter who is face to face with you and you say something to which the reporter’s eyes go big or they look over to their camera operator or wink at them, chances are, you just delivered a sound bite. They are making

Before you go through the whole deck and rearrange your slides and logos and fonts and made sure everything is perfect, I need you to do one thing for me: look at the whole thing and ask yourself if it contains at least one new idea? If you cannot say yes to that question, can

I am going to give some technical tips today for giving presentations when technology is involved. If you are giving a presentation live and you are using a laptop or a computer, get there early and restart your computer. All sorts of things could pop up which are not related to your presentation. So restart

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What do you do if you are caught red handed on video tape saying something that is completely and factually wrong? My recommendation to you is that you admit what you said was wrong, say what is the correct answer, have an appropriate level of remorse in your tone, and since it really is not

How do you deliver a speech that someone else created or wrote? This happens all the time in business and government organizations where the boss can’t go and you have to fill in as you are handed over a pre-written speech. It sounds easy if you think you are off the hook as you are

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Media speaking tip of the day: never speak to any news media in a moment of anger. Does that mean that I am telling you to be totally like a robot or a machine at all times? No! But if someone asks you a question or levels a charge at you and you respond angrily,

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For more than 30 years, I have worked with a variety of media outlets- my own social media outlets and also little weekly newspapers, trade publications, and radio networks, and there is typically some from of deadline. It could be an article once every two months or something else. Here what I have found: it

What does Harvard psychologist and business lecturer Amy Cuddy have in common with alleged rapist Harvey Weinstein? Now, I realize that it is a provocative sounding title but I feel like I have to address this. Harvey Weinstein has terrorized basically almost all women in Hollywood for the past 30 years. Amy Cuddy, very well

Do your words count for more if you speak rarely? If you speak on such rare occasions that it motivates people to really pay attention when you speak? I hear that people talk about that in folklore but in my experience, it is just not true. The people who have the most impact in any

Public speaking top of the day: bacth your video presentations! You don’t have to do one video at a set time once a month or once a week or even once a day. As long as you are not commenting on the news and its not all news related content, what you can do is

This is a public speaking and media training tip of the day: it is going to sound obvious but I am telling you that I experience this all the time from clients and colleagues. You may encounter a situation where you have to give a presentation over Skype or an online interview or maybe a

Public speaking tip of the day: do not chunk up your speech with production values. I see this mistake being made again and again at conventions and conferences: someone stands up, fiddles around with the Power Point for 10 minutes because things weren’t exactly right, and then they begin after a delay. Then you see flashes

Public speaking question of the day comes from new york from a client who works with the United Nations from New York. he asks: TJ, I have to read a two minute speech to the United Nations Security Council at 3pm today. Do you have any tips in this regard? This is a very specific

Here is your presentation tip of the day: when you are speaking to a small group- let us say a group of ten people or less- and you are talking about your area of expertise or giving a sales pitch to your company, ask lots and lots of questions. The more the total minutes of

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When is the perfect time to start preparing for your next speech? I would recommend right now! I don’t mean that you have to sit down, roll up your sleeves, and start typing away, doing 20 page drafts. No ones that disciplined to start the second they hear about the opportunity to speak. That is

This is a question that I get from live audiences all the time: TJ, how do you remember what to say? The answer is that I don’t. I don’t rely on my memory. I feel comfortable giving presentations and speeches because I enjoy them and I have given thousands of them. Still, there is a

Lee writes in with the following question: what do you do when your speech is shorter than you thought? For example, I am supposed to give a 45 minute speech but it only takes 20 minutes so you have to either push it longer or be embarrassed. And you don’t realize this until the day

Today’s topic: finding your own gatekeeper speaking frequency. What am I talking about? Everyone can get opportunities to give presentations from time to time. Typically, there is a gatekeeper. If you are a professional, it is the meeting plan of the association that calls you a year in advance and books you. If it is

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Are you looking for more topics for your videos, speeches, or talks? Here is a tip that I use- it is highly effective and I endorse it. Give yourself a set, rigid deadline every single day to come up with one new topic. One sentence on one thing you can talk about. I do that

Public speaking tip of the day: whenever you are giving a new business pitch, follow up with a written document that mentions all the points that have been covered in your business pitch in under 24 hours. I believe that I love speaking and that I am also very good at it, but I don’t

Here is a public speaking tip of the day: it is an oldie but a goodie, no matter what time I use it in, it would still be applicable. Show up early, and start on time. I know that you must be thinking that this is not very profound of me but let me tell

This is a public speaking tip of the day as well as a media training tip of the day: if a reporter calls you and speaks to you or leaves a message for you on your voicemail, they often just have one question. They want your reaction to some news. Here is what I do:

There is one type of business presentation that some people have to go through and in some ways, it is the hardest presentation they will ever give. On the other hand, it is also the easiest presentation that they will ever give. I am talking about the one on one presentation. There is no lectern

Media speaking tip of the day: when talking to the media, do not waste valuable time telling them about what you are not going to do. Do not tell people that you are not commenting on that or that you are not focused on that today. Quite often a reporter will ask you if you

Are you looking for new topics for your videos or speeches? Well, here is a tip for you: go to your competitor’s Facebook and YouTube pages. Now, I am not suggesting you to blatantly rip off of them or copy their titles, but it can be very useful as a source of ideas. Let’s face

Public speaking tip of the day: if you want to dramatically improve your public speaking skills, learn how to be a better listener. The best speakers in the world are often the best listeners. They listen very carefully and search for question someone might give them before they speak in every little nuance. They mean

Never tell a reporter that ‘it is off the record’. You can ask them to put something off the record but you cannot tell them to do so. You may see it happen in movies and TV shows but that is not how it happens in the real world. A reporter does not have to

If you work in a medium to large sized organization, how is it that the people inside the organization describe what the organization does for the rest of the world? If everyone says something a little differently, chances are that you have a problem. I work with a lot of national trade organizations and professional

Public speaking question of the day: this comes from one of my online students who says, “TJ, I a a second grade teacher. How do I handle giving a lecture when my students are doing rude things such as sleeping, walking up to get water without asking first, or dropping pencil boxes on purpose. I

Thank you for tagging along today, especially to do those of you who come to watch and read my public speaking tips everyday. I just wanted to turn the tables a bit and let you realize again that this is a format for you as well. So rather than just talking, I want to give

Public speaking question of the day: this question comes from one of my students at the online platform of Udemy. He says: “Hi TJ, I am an HR professional with nine years of experience in people management. Coming with an intense exposure into human resources and talent consulting, I am sometimes baffled to pursue my

Public speaking tip of the day: if you are talking to people, assuming they are all very smart people, and you are telling them something that goes against their common sense, then guess what: you can try to tell them once, twice, or even ten times, and you will fail to make any impact. They

Public speaking tip of the day!: are you looking for more live public speaking opportunities where you get to speak to a live audience? Do Facebook Live! You can do Facebook Live just with your friends and family. If you have a couple hundred friends on Facebook, which is the average number for most people

Who is really interested in your content? Let’s face it: all of us here are content producers at some level these days even if we are posting pictures. We are creating content for eyeballs. But what is it that you have that makes it unique, different, and worth watching? There used to be a time

Do you have high expectations for the next media interview you do? I am often struck by how many executives I speak to who are very ambitious with everything else in their career- they want o quantify, have been the best in their schools, and are now the best in their fields, aiming for the

How can you make a presentation or a video by using a teleprompter? These days, more and more websites, applications. or tools in general for helping public speakers include software that allows you to cut and paste your speech in the software, which will then roll the text around for you to read from. An

PowerPoint tip of the day: when you are giving a PowerPoint presentation, my recommendation is this, start with a completely blank slide, preferably with black on it so that nothing is showing. When you speak, you want people to realize that you are the expert and the authority and that you can speak to them

Pubic Speaking Question of the Day! I have been asked over Facebook: TJ, I recently did a presentation at our Leadership Summit. I was able to prepare but two days later we has a Town Hall meeting and out Chief Operating Officer was asking me to answer questions on the spot. Do any of your

Remainder: I take your questions everyday. A lot of the videos I make are questions that pop up in my own head but first priority always go to answering your questions. Here is a question I have for you: are you answering the questions of the people in your industry? You do not have to

What is the biggest and most important decision you are ever going to make as a speaker for your next presentation? It is not what you think it is. People often wonder: should I use slides or not. Should I use video or not. Should I wear a tie, or a suit, or a dress.

What is the best way to prepare yourself for a future media crisis or some threat to your organization’s reputation? Here it is: be more interesting on a regular basis. A big problem that many organizations have, whether it is an oil or gas company or a financial institution, is that they never talk to

Public speaking question of the day: what if there is a baby in your audience that is crying and there is nothing you can do? I’ll be honest, I do not think this has ever happened to me but I have seen it happen to other people and it is incredibly awkward. First of all,

Public speaking Tip of the Day: reading your speech should ALWAYS be your last resort. Why do I say this? Because it is really hard to do. It is virtually impossible to read a speech in front of an audience without putting them to sleep. You will not have eye contact or a good conversational

How do you know if an online video expert is worth listening to? If you are like me, you probably get emails or come across videos of online experts on a plethora of topics. But how do you figure out who is real and who is not? Do what I do: I just go to

How long should your video be on YouTube or Facebook? My most successful video ever in terms of minutes watched is my longest one which is about or over an hour long. However, some of my most successful videos are… as short as this one- only a few seconds long!

Question: have you ever looked at your own PowerPoint deck from the back of the room? I understand that you are busy and you have to hurry to get all the legalities in order so that your presentation looks great from up close. That is not, however, how most people are going to experience your

Public Speaking Question of the Day: TJ, how do I keep from speaking too quickly? This is a very common problem. When you are nervous, you are often racing to get out of there so you do not get embarrassed which is why you are not even aware of how quickly you are speaking. You

What is the number one best way to start writing your speech or preparing a major presentation? My advice is this: put away your pen, put away your pencil, put away your cell phone, and go for a walk. Go for a walk in the woods- preferably by yourself- and just think about a couple

“I was preparing my presentation and slides yesterday and I-” Time out. Let’s get real here. Rule of thumb: never talk about your presentation. Do not refer to your or the presentation. Because guess what: this is not your presentation; it is the audience’s presentation. The audience does not care how you created the presentation.

I actually should not do this today. I should not spill this secret. But I want to share with you the secret of my trade and my business using which you can get the most out of public speaking. My Board of Directors is going to be upset with me for giving away trade secrets

Public Speaking tip of the day: never practice your speech in front of a mirror. I know what you must be thinking: but people give this advice all the time! Well, it is awful advice! The fact of the matter is that when you speak in a mirror, you tend to get distracted easily. It

Do you identify as a great public speaker? How you perceive yourself has a great impact in the way the audience will perceive you. In my experience, those people who are good at speaking generally know that they are good and they act like it, going into every speaking opportunity with confidence. On the other

Imagine that you cooked your spouse or significant other a very nice breakfast everyday for the past week. Suddenly, you fall sick and ask your spouse to fix you some toast as they are standing right next to the toaster. How would you feel if they told you, “Well, I don’t know much about technology

Quiet often people tend to come up to me and debate to me about whether it is the quality or the quantity that matters the most when it comes to public speaking. They, of course, want me to say that it is all about the quality of the speech. I am going to tell you

I love the English language! I love big words, small words, I love a broad vocabulary and that is why I love to write. I was drawn to the writing profession and that is where I started. I have written so many books that I have lost count on how many books I have written.

Should you memorize your media messages before an interview? No! I do not recommend memorization because it is hard and when you are in a media interview, specially if there is a bright light in your face or a microphone or camera right in front of you, you tend to feel stressed and when your

There are a lot of different styles of podcasters but the most successful ones are just conversational and unscripted. You can also see other podcasts that have scripted out every single word and it sounds like something out of a drama serial. There is no perfect way to do a podcast but I do believe

So what is the big lie that you have been told your whole life about public speaking? It may even be a lie that you have told yourself! The lie is that somehow you have to be born a speaker. That is complete baloney! I can say that I have worked with thousands of speakers

A lot of people like to start with their PowerPoint presentation using a rough draft. This happens millions of times all over the world in many major corporations, organisations, and other government entities. Unfortunately, that pretty much guarantees that the presentation will be a disaster. Nobody can create a PowerPoint presentation for someone out of

“When I was introduced to speak in front of large rallies of tens of thousands of people in sports stadia, I would pause after standing and just not say anything. I would reflect, pause, and keep silent. I would keep this up for 30 seconds, maybe even a minute or two, and people would get

There is a lot of debate over this generic advice. Many people advocate for short presentations because people are losing their attention spans. But wait a second: I have seen speakers get up, speak very vaguely, be very abstract, dump a bunch of data on the audience, and nobody remembered it after two minutes. On

Should you wear glasses when giving a speech or a media interview? Well right now I am wearing thick, plastic, reading glasses that I got from the grocery store for three dollars and this is what I usually use at my home for reading purposes or on an airplane because I like their flexibility and

Are you looking for one tip that can make you sound even better, stronger, more comfortable, and confident for radio and TV interviews? Here it is: boost your energy up by 20 percent! The problem most people have is that whenever they get in front of a camera or in front of a microphone, they

I love technology and use it quite often. I use PowerPoint, laptops, cameras, and cellphones but one of the beauties of people coming into a room together is to hear someone speak. Its is one of the rare moments that isn’t primarily about technology in the modern world. In some ways, it is no different

One of the greatest communication challenges is delivering a eulogy. It is difficult because you are very devastated and it is an emotional time because you have just lost a loved one that you cared deeply about. Here, you get a chance to talk about them in a loving light. Here are a few tips

Is public speaking a skill that can be learned or is it something that you are either born with or not? That is, perhaps, one of the most tedious and tiresome debates for those of us in the public speaking world. Of course it is a skill that you can learn! Nobody is born a

Let us take a step back for just a moment and look at the big picture of why things go wrong with most PowerPoint presentations. Let’s face it, PowerPoint presentations have a lousy reputation. If you say “PowerPoint” to someone, the first reaction of many people is “Oh, death by PowerPoint!” or “I hate PowerPoint”.

Here are some of the top tips for communicating effectively using PowerPoint. A lot of people do not like PowerPoint and they trash talk about it. The truth is that PowerPoint is a tool like any other tool. It is like television and like a lot of television, it can be a very effective medium

What happens if you are giving a speech or you have finished giving a presentation and somebody asks you a question which you cannot answer at all? I am not wrong if I say that is a lot of people’s worst nightmare. Anytime I am working with a group of people on their public speaking

Equal time: that is all I ask for! So many experts feel that what they do is so much more important than anything else and that should require everyone’s time, attention, and financial resources. I do not want to be like that. But here is my point: for every minute you spend creating a PowerPoint

The phone rings and a reporter wants to interview you over a telephone. It seems simple enough, right? A lot of people mistake the fact that an interview over the phone is somehow be easier than a television interview. It may seem easier but it is not. In fact, the stakes are the same: you