Category: FAQ-Communication And Groups (Public Speaking)
We’ve pulled together a number of questions and answers to help you better understand the process of effective communication to groups, speech making, and making presentations. There’s also a number of specific and practical hints and tips to help you get your message across to all kinds of groups and audiences.
Why are some presenters and public speakers boring and others not?
There are lots of things that separate the boring speaker from the interesting one. We’ll focus on one. All human beings are hard-wired to react to change around them. It’s an evolutionary device that helps protect us from threat in…
What is “attentional pacing”, and why is it so important to public speaking?
We explained that conceptual pacing has to do with how fast you go through difficult and easy content. Attentional pacing is related to that, but has to do with how much change you introduce into your speaking. It’s not a…
Should you memorize your speech?
Memorizing your presentation or speech may seem to make sense but it’s almost never a good idea. First, when you write a speech on paper, memorize it, then deliver it orally, you are delivering words that were actually meant to…
Nervous? Why is looking at the back of the room when presenting is a really really bad idea?
When people in your audience, regardless of size feel that you are talking directly to each of them, they feel connected to you as a speaker or presenter. They tend to value what you are saying more highly, and tend…
How do I use “conceptual pacing” to make better presentations?
Conceptual pacing has to do with the speed at which you impart information, ideas and concepts. It’s not the same as how fast you talk, but it has to do with how quickly you go through a topic. Because people…
