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How to Use Notes When Public Speaking Without Losing Your Audience

Watch any TEDx talk and you’ll see the speaker strolling confidently around the stage, making eye contact with members of the audience and using their arms - their whole bodies even - to add...

Written by Emma Serlin

Presentation Skills Training: The Do’s & Don’ts Of The Dreaded Q&A

You’ve finished your presentation and the audience is applauding loudly. You feel a swell of adrenalin and know you’ve done a great job – all that practise was worth it. But now it’s time...

Written by Emma Serlin

How To Be Empathetic

Traditionally viewed as a 'soft' or 'feminine' skill, empathy is finally getting the attention it deserves as the most important business skill. But what does empathy really mean, and how can using empathy in your...

Written by Emma Serlin

How To Write A Speech: The Secret Recipe

The phenomenal success of TED talks and the ubiquity of public speaking clips on social media has definitely raised the bar for the rest of us when it comes to presenting. But while perfect...

Written by Emma Serlin

How To Be A Good Public Speaker – 3 TED Talks

The TED Talk has become a cultural phenomenon. Not only do the speaker videos from the event get viewed over a billion times a year, but they have raised the bar for public speaking...

Written by Emma Serlin

How To Use Presentation Notes Effectively

Watch any TEDx talk and you’ll see the speaker strolling confidently around the stage, making eye contact with members of the audience and using their arms - their whole bodies even - to add...

Written by Emma Serlin

How To Pitch Like A Pro

Whatever line of work you’re in it is likely that at some point, you will be called upon to pitch something. Whether you are responsible for securing business for your company; or an entrepreneur...

Written by Emma Serlin

Election Fever

Well, it's election time, folks. No doubt about it. For the next four months we will be bombarded with speeches, leaflets and party political broadcasts. Lucky us. (more…)

Written by Emma Serlin

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