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Craig Valentine - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Craig Valentine, MBA, an award-winning speaker and trainer, has traveled the world helping thousands of speakers build powerful presentations that bring profitable results. He is the 1999 World Champion of Public Speaking for Toastmasters International, winning out of more than 25,000 contestants in 14 countries.
Craig has put together the following home-study courses for speakers:
1. Create Your Killer Keynote Home-study Course
2. "Edge-of-their-seats" Storytelling Home-study Course for Speakers
3. Dynamic Delivery Devices DVD-set
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- 5 Ways to Use Statistics For Maximum Impact in Public Speaking
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] Many times you will see a speaker go into a list of statistics in order to prove his or her point. Statistics are certainly desirable in speaking, but only if you use them in an effective way. Simply listing statistics is not enough. You must interpret them so your audience knows exactly what the statistics mean to them. Here are 5 ways to make statistics work for your speech rather than against it.
- 2 Public Speaking Tools to Get Your Audience to Take Action
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] Average speakers give speeches that get a good response, but exceptional speakers give speeches that move their audiences to take action. Here are 2 tools you can use to get your audience to take action...
- 7 Public Speaking Tools to Make Your Stories More Visual
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] Legendary speech coach, Patricia Fripp, once told me that audiences will not remember what you say as much as they will remember what they see in their minds when you say it. Fripp is absolutely correct and here are seven tools you can use to make your stories more visual for your audience.
- 10 Public Speaking Delivery Tools That Will Keep Your Audience Hooked
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] Below are 10 speech delivery tips you can use to have a deep impact on your audience. 1. Don't forget about your face. Your facial expressions are more important than all your arm and hand movements combined. The eyes are indeed the windows to the soul. What you do with them can make or break your entire speech.
- 3 Public Speaking Tools to Make Your Speech Worth it For Your Audience Members
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] As a speaker, why would you never want your audience to think you are special? What should you always be selling as a speaker? What is the absolute fastest way to connect with your audience? When you uncover the 3 tools you can use to make a speech worth it for your audience members, you will also find the answer to the questions above.
- Four Public Speaking Pitfalls That Trap Most Presenters
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] If you want to drastically improve your very next presentation, it is important to understand 4 of the pitfalls that keep most speakers in a ditch out of which they can never seem to climb. If you see where these traps are, you can easily avoid them. As a result, you can clear your pathway to a powerful and persuasive speech.
- Four Ways to Tighten Up Your Speech
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] One of the biggest problems presenters make is giving speeches that are too loose. Here are 4 ways to tighten up your speeches.
- Five Tools to Ignite Your Audience With Your Introduction
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] An effective introduction is the difference between starting off in a hole or on solid ground with a head start. Here are 5 tools you can use in your introduction to get off to a great start with your very next speech. Do not go into your next speech without them.
- Eight Keys to an Effective Q & A Session
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] Key 1 - Set expectations as to how many questions you will take or how long you will entertain questions. For example, I usually say, "We will take 4 or 5 questions and then I will wrap up the message." Or I might say, "We have 5 minutes for questions and then we will put a bow on the message for today."
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