Blog Entries tagged 'New Speech Writing'

Audience attention: Easy Ways to get your audience to participate

claudia.raab@raabconsulting.com — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

It's Friday and for those of you who have to give a presentation today - in particular in the afternoon - it might not be easy to get the full attention of your audience: It's the end of the week, people are tired, exhausted, mentally already in a "weekend mode" or effected by another day [...]

Public Speaking and the "Seventh Heaven"

claudia.raab@raabconsulting.com — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

In yesterday's blog entry we mentioned the expression "I'm in seventh heaven". Curious why it had to be the seventh heaven we tried to trace the word's origin and found the following explanation that could well and truely be a wonderful inspiration if your looking for a creative way to start your presentation:

Some of the Middle East's ancient religion believed the afterlife consisted of seen celestial layers, each more prosperous and beautiful than the one before. The first heaven [...]

Clear Message + Clear Presentation = Success

claudia.raab@raabconsulting.com — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

"If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour."

Dianna Booher

Business writing expert Dianna Booher couldn't have worded it better: Only a clear message guarantees a clear presentation that - in return - gurantees your success. Make finding and formulating your message the starting point for your presentation preparation.

Nothing is worse for the audience than a "muddled up" speech where the presenter leaves [...]

Starting strong by setting the scene for your success

claudia.raab@raabconsulting.com — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

If you're invited to give a presentation where someone is introducing you, keep in mind that it's this introduction that sets the stage for your speaking success. The goal of an introduction can easily be compared with a lead of a newspaper article. It's purpose is t [...]

Let mind mapping help you find new ideas for your Christmas speech

claudia.raab@raabconsulting.com — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

It's the time of one Christmas function and Christmas function speech chasing the other. The more socially engaged you are (or have to be) the more speeches you have to listen to or give.

If your speech is coming up soon and you want it to be new, better and different from the standard ones we've heard so many times before try "mind mapping". "Mind mapping" will help you find a new approach, new idea, even a new way of wording well known old facts easily and quickly.