Breathwork Tips to Control Your Voice for Effective Public Speaking

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Breathwork – Your Voice is the Instrument that you play in public speaking, and how it sounds depends, in part, on how you breathe. I’m sharing pro tips and exercises that work for tiny or grandiose occasions and whether you are a professional presenter or a family member who got conned into delivering a toast, eulogy, graduation, or intervention speech. Continue Reading →

Public Speaking Is Not Just Talking | Watch Yourself!

Your posture, expressions, pauses, and presence quietly tell the audience whether to trust you, ignore you, or remember you in a positive or negative light. Guess what! That also applies to when they are watching you during moments when you are NOT speaking! Whether you are on stage or in a group Zoom meeting, people are watching you and gaining an impression. Continue Reading →

Back to School in Tough Times: Financial Aid/Apprenticeships

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Back to School in Tough Times: FINANCIAL AID OPTIONS – FREE CONTENT YOU MAY USE TO CREATE SPEECHES – for use by ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, & COUNSELORS. Contains both “speech language” and well-researched financial aid and training resource information for traditional and trades education. Continue Reading →

Graduation Speech Elements & A Little Wisdom

Graduation Speech Elements – tips for a graduation speech for the decade of technological transformation, aimed at students who earned their degrees through effort and perseverance rather than elite privilege. Continue Reading →