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You Can Be a Public Speaker

Public speaking is one of the most fearsome tasks facing people of all ages and backgrounds.  Yet speaking -- whether it involves formal talks or casual presentations -- is critical to success.  Just about anyone can enter the world of speaking success by observing the simple A-E-I-O-U principles.  This feature explains these practical tips.  708 words.  [Feature 0515]

Power Speaking Secrets: Make Your Next Talk a Great Talk

Great presentations and speeches make a powerful impression on listeners.  Why?  It's because the speaker has introduced one or more power speaking secrets into the talk.  In this feature, your readers will learn many of these secrets -- and be ready to incorporate them into their own presentations.  669 words.  [Feature 0405]

Capture Your Listeners: Audience Hooks for the First 30 Seconds of Your Talk

Readers who make formal speeches, offer comments at business meetings, or make sales presentations know the importance of the first thirty seconds.  It's during this time that the audience is captured -- or lost.  Here's a concise summary of twenty great "hooks" your readers can use to get their talks moving, and get their audiences excited.  659 words.  [Feature 0308]

Presentation Pointers: A Practical Guide to Your Next Presentation

Whether readers are planning informational talks, sales presentations, or audio-visual programs, this feature offers a handy checklist of fundamental presentation principles they can use right away.  723 words.  [Feature 0107]

Your Association Conference: You Can Be a Speaker

Here's a feature for those many readers who have thought about offering a workshop or talk at a convention.  It covers all the basics:  how to develop a focused topic, outline a presentation, prepare visual aids, and deliver the talk with style.  1097 words.  [Feature 9726]

Banish Your Public Speaking Fears Forever

Here, readers will learn the strategies speech experts use to help people ease their fears and become comfortable speaking in front of others.  Just one time-tested strategy can make all the difference in the world to a fearful speaker!  1028 words.  [Feature 9717]

Effective Public Speaking: Play Your Role

Great speakers adopt roles when they speak.  This feature describes some of today's popular speaking roles:  storyteller, preacher, entertainer, critic, and others.  And it inspires readers to find the roles that are right for them.  927 words.  [Feature 9707]

Use Your Words to Take Command

The world's great executives and leaders understand the power of words.  They know how to command the attention of listeners with analogy, caricature, distraction, irreverence, and other speaking techniques.  This feature introduces readers to eighteen of these powerful speaking styles, useful whenever readers are giving persuasive talks or presenting material at meetings.  1182 words.  [Feature 9611]

Quick ... Think on Your Feet!

Most of your readers have experienced it:  an unexpectedly blunt question or hostile remark can easily throw them for a loop.  They need to think fast.  This article shows them how.  745 words.  [Feature 9525]

Stage Fright Bites the Dust

Many of your readers might encounter "stage fright" before making a speech, delivering a presentation, or even meeting an intimidating customer.  This feature offers readers more than two dozen tips they can use to make personal stage fright a thing of the past.  1528 words.  [Feature 9215]