by Tina Blake | Apr 21, 2017 | Overcoming Stage Fright & Anxiety Tips
We’ve all heard someone say it: “Oh, you’re a natural.” The phrase is meant as a compliment, of course, and it can be. Often all anyone means by it is that you came across really well, as if you were at ease with a given task, as if it took no...
by Tina Blake | Jul 27, 2016 | Overcoming Stage Fright & Anxiety Tips, Public Speaking Tips, Speech-writing
In my last post, I wrote about the importance of putting a little bit of yourself into a presentation. This might seem like an exhortation to throw out the script and, in the words of The West Wing, let Bartlet be Bartlet. But it is very far from that, because public...
by Tina Blake | Jul 21, 2016 | Body Language, Powerful Video Presenting Tips, Voice
When I help people with their public speaking, one of my main aims is to help them be themselves. This can be more complicated than it sounds, however, so I thought I’d offer three key tips. The most important of these tips is the first: don’t try to be anyone else....