by Tina Blake | May 24, 2019 | Public Speaking Tips
I’ve just completed a two-day event featuring 43 speakers and over 6,500 delegates, and wanted to share some thoughts on what it takes for them to create that amount of energy on stage. The event was the Utility Warehouse 20 20 Vision conference, and the order...
by Tina Blake | Dec 20, 2018 | Public Speaking Tips
It’s nearly Christmas,so I’m in the festive spirit! So for this holiday period I thought I’d take inspiration from one of my favourite Christmas songs – and give you twelve tips of speaking in a single post! Use them all, or take a selection, and see how a speech is...
by Tina Blake | Nov 21, 2018 | Public Speaking Tips
I focus a lot in my blog posts on techniques to improve your speaking. Breathing, speechwriting and eye contact are all crucial to achieving a good effect when presenting. It’s also true, however, that you can’t make a silk purse out of the proverbial sow’s ear....
by Tina Blake | Sep 19, 2018 | Public Speaking Tips
PowerPoint in public speaking really is a double-edged sword. It can really help a speaker … and it can really hinder them, too. Knowing your way around a good slide-deck is key to speaking success. Like any visual aid, a set of PowerPoint slides needs to add...
by Tina Blake | Aug 23, 2018 | Public Speaking Tips
We all know that, to keep an audience’s attention, we need to throw everything at them. Right? Wrong. It’s an easy mistake to make, but in fact what will bring you success as a speaker is keeping it simple. Say less, but make it stick more. Don’t move so much, but do...
by Tina Blake | Jul 30, 2018 | Public Speaking Tips
People often think of public speaking as a one-way deal: I speak, you listen. Mostly, the people who hold this assumption are bad speakers, because even in a formal speech situation listening to your audience – feeding off their verbal and non-verbal feedback – is how...
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