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Members and guests had a real treat during Table Topics at Maidenhead Speakers on Monday 12th April.  We’d already had five excellent speakers on the timely topic of Spring, some people had already filled out their voting slips, when the TM suggested we do ‘a couple more..’. Step forward Norman Rhodes, DTM, to take onContinueContinue reading “Ah – Er – Um”

So here we are in mid January and what’s happened to your New Year’s resolutions? If one of them was to improve your public speaking and presentation skills, have you started yet? Here are 6 tips to get you going: 1.  They key word is “improve”. Whatever your skill level now, you can get better.ContinueContinue reading “Improve your public speaking in 2012”

How many times have you heard people criticise your Powerpoint presentation skills? “Too many words per slide”, “the slides detracted from your presence”, “too many slides”,  “you looked at the laptop and lost eye contact” and so on. So here’s an excellent example of HOW to do it from Pranav Mistry speaking at TEDIndia. NoticeContinueContinue reading “Speaking with Powerpoint”

Toastmaster Mireia Fontbernat offers some tips for making better use of G&T No, it’s not the drink you should reach out for before an important speech. It stands for “Gadgets and Toastmasters”. Technology is everywhere. And, all too often, we think that it has nothing to do with us and speaking. Many a presenter hasContinueContinue reading “Using Gadgets – when in doubt…reach for a G&T!”

There are countless videos out there on the topic of public speaking but for 40 minutes of fun and useful tips, this video of Daniel Wagner speaking at Trojan Speakers in Ealing is worth a look.