Public Speaking

How to Use Storytelling To Improve Your Presentations and Pitches

How to Use Storytelling To Improve Your Presentations and Pitches

Whether you’re giving a work presentation, delivering a training session, or pitching your business, you need your audience to actually listen to you! The solution to a boring, unmemorable presentation lies in using your own personal stories. You are a storyteller, whether you realise it or not. For example, when someone asks what you did…

How overcoming my fear of public speaking inspired my short story in this week’s The People’s Friend
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How overcoming my fear of public speaking inspired my short story in this week’s The People’s Friend

Two years ago, I would’ve rather taken my chances before a firing squad than got up in front of an audience for public speaking. I know I’m not alone. Public speaking regularly ranks as the nation’s biggest fear. It even ranks as scarier than death. Like most people, I dealt with my fear by avoiding…

5 tips for killing it in your next podcast or radio interview

5 tips for killing it in your next podcast or radio interview

I’ve been doing a few radio and virtual interviews recently to promote Dead Ringer and I’ve made plenty of mistakes along the way. Here are 5 things I’ve learned to help you rock your next radio/podcast interview: Smile Yes, doing interviews is nerve-wracking. Yes, you might be struggling to think of what to say. But…

5 things I’ve learned as a beginner in public speaking

5 things I’ve learned as a beginner in public speaking

Public speaking has always been a huge fear of mine, but over the last year, I’ve been working on getting past my nerves and anxiety. I’ve been doing this by joining the worldwide public speaking club Toastmasters. (You’ll probably find there’s one in your town, too.) After a few months of regular public speaking, I…