When I talk to people in my workplace about improving presentation skills, I tend to get asked follow-up questions that pertain to Microsoft’s PowerPoint software. Presentations existed before PowerPoint and you don’t need to be a computer expert or computer savvy at all to create visual interest when you speak! If you are giving an …
I like to sew and crochet. When I engage in these hobbies I find myself slouching a lot. My shoulders are tense and I’m leaned slightly forward hunched while I stare at fabric or yarn. It’s not attractive. After a few hours in these contorted positions, my shoulders, neck, and back ache. I take breaks …
When I talked about my first public speaking experience years ago, I fell into a very common trap. I was trying to deliver humorous lines but the tone of my voice and the rate in which I was speaking made me seem more like a robot reading from a telephone book. The speech was not …
When I was going to school, learning was done in person with an instructor in front of a classroom. The lessons could not be paused. The teacher couldn’t be stopped once they started speaking and it felt rude to interrupt and question them. I had to arrive early to get a seat where I could …