Popular Articles

Here’s a list of some of the more popular articles on this blog, the bulk of which were written in the first 2 years of this blog between 2007 and 2009. They are broken down by topic, but there are some overlaps.

Comedy

Humorous Speaking

  • 32 Essential Skills Every Humorous Speaker Should Have
  • Humour and the Art of Non-verbal Communication
  • How Do You Create a Funny Presentation?

Public Speaking

  • Is There a Cure to Public Speaking Fear?
  • The Power of Myth for Speakers
  • Memory Hack: How to Learn a speech in 24 hours!
  • To Memorise, or not Memorise?
  • “Could you read this out loud for me?”
  • Tearing up the Public Speaking Rulebook
  • Public Speaking: Causing Offence (or not)
  • Amazing Public Speaking Skill – The Hancock Manoeuvre

Toastmasters

  • How to Win a Speech Contest – Even if you lose!
  • Toastmasters Mystery Speaking – The Hidden Benefits
  • Advanced Humorous Speaking – How Do You Define Bombing?
  • Creating Killer Content Off the Cuff, part 2