There seems to be a lot of information out there at the moment about the benefits of using humor in the workplace. In fact on Google there are about 363,000 results (at the time of writing), so clearly it’s quite a popular subject area. But it’s a topic that concerns me. Gravely concerns me. Read the rest of this entry »
American Chairman and CEO of Decker Communications, Bert Decker, has published a Top 10 List of the Best (& Worst) Communicators of 2008 on his blog. There are the usual suspects as well as one or two surprises. The list predominantly focuses on U.S. politicians with some celebrities on there too. Read the rest of this entry »
Happy New Year! So here we are right on the cusp of a new year (it’s the 4th of January 2009 as I write this). I always like to take this time of year for a little bit of reflection. I try not to just plough on into a new year without taking the time to have a little think about the previous year and remind myself what I’ve achieved and what I have yet to achieve.
Personally, I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions. I prefer to… Read the rest of this entry »
This is a follow up post to one I made earlier this month found here. This post, including the accompanying video clips, is a little long, so you might just want to scroll through and read the 4 tips that are in bold which I’ve included. There’s been a bit of a delay between posts as I’ve worked out how to use my new toy the Flip Mino that I got as an early Christmas present. I can highly recommend the Mino for its ease of use for recording your speeches and presentations. You do record your speeches, don’t you? Read the rest of this entry »
I was inspired to write this post after seeing a similar post on Lisa Braithwaite’s Speak Schmeak and remembering some of my own frustrations with this area. A lot of speakers I’ve seen this past year seem to have developed the “habit” of quoting information without citing any sources. Read the rest of this entry »
I have decided to split this post in half because there is something that needs to be addressed before we even get into looking at Simon Bucknall’s Masterclass. If you wanted to take your speaking skills to the next level and maybe even compete, but you couldn’t afford a speech coach what would you do? Read the rest of this entry »
I finally managed to complete the Humrously Speaking manual at my Toastmasters club, Grosvenor Square Speakers, which means I now have my Advanced Communicator Bronze (ACB) award. I had actually completed the other 9 speech projects by this past June (2008), so why has it taken me until November 24th to complete one speech? Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s a quick tip for printing out PowerPoint slides as handouts for your delegates. When you open up your PowerPoint document make sure that you’re in normal view, you can double check this by going to “view” and then “normal”. Read the rest of this entry »
Estelle Reiner died last month. She was the actress who uttered one of the most famous lines in modern cinema. She was the woman in When Harry, Met Sally who, in response to Meg Ryan’s fake orgasm scene said, “I’ll have what she’s having.” She was the mother of the director Rob Reiner and wife to Carl Reiner, who directed some early Steve Martin comedies and alongside Mel Brooks was famous for the 2000-year old man.
The line wasn’t in the original script. It was created on set by Billy Crystal and, for me, it really made the scene and was the only way to top Ryan’s performance. Read the rest of this entry »
I have been busy working on a few projects that could greatly benefit you, my reader, on your journey in delveoping your public speaking and presentation skills. I’d like to be able to help you out if I can.
All I require is that you complete a short survey which you can access by click on the following link: Pro Humorist Survey
By doing that I will be able to help develop some products and services I am working on that can really serve you. Once the result are in and the products have been finalised I will let you know. Chat soon.
