The Oratorical Prowess of Barack Obama
Guest post by Zander Smith A good politician gives lots of speeches. A great politician has the oratory skill to use his speeches to motivate, inspire, and convince people to follow him. The recent American presidential race showed the world the importance of giving a good speech, the importance of having great oratorical prowess. Barack Obama a black motivational speaker inspired millions of Americans to follow him to the White House during the course of the 2008 presidential campaign. Most Americans have never met Barack Obama and they never will. They do feel connected to him because of the power of his pre-election speeches. On the campaign trail Obama used style to giv

Definitive list of public speaking blogs – updated with Twitter
Andrew Dlugan, custodian of the list to top public speaking blogs, has just updated the list to include the Twitter profiles. You can view the update list here. Thanks Andrew for the update. Related posts:70 Great Public Speaking Blogs I came across a great list on Andrew Dlugan’s website...

How to Triple Your Back of the Room Book Sales Every Time You Do a Public Speaking Engagement
Guest post by Tom Antion I’m darn good at selling at the back of the room. In fact, just this month I did three speaking engagements at multi speaker events and I outsold all the other speakers put together. What’s unique about this is the way I do it is not obnoxious and high pressure. Today I want to give you a low pressure technique that can give you way more sales than when you nervously wait till the end of your talk to suggest people buy your book. What I want you to do is put a copy of your book on the chair of every attendee at your event. You will put a note in the book that says something like, “You don’t have to buy this book. We are just

Create great docs from PowerPoint – review of George! for PowerPoint
PowerPoint is a great tool for creating presentations, but it has never been particularly good at creating documentation or handouts. However, it is a huge amount of work to maintain two completely separate sets of documents. Enter George! for PowerPoint by Leaders Guide Pro. They kindly gave me a free license to play with the product. This simple little addin fills the gap very nicely by providing a simple yet powerful documentation creating capability for PowerPoint. Some of the features are: Create table of contents for your handouts A variet

6 Freebees
Use these when preparing your speeches, and you will give a great and engaging presentation. Be prepared Be concise Be engaging be authentic Be aware Be involved What other bee’s should I add to the list? Related posts: