Speaking of Speaking…How to Be Effective

Since this is Freedom from Fear of Speaking Week, I thought I would follow up my discussion yesterday of why you need to do public speaking to promote your business, with some tips for Effective Business Speaking.
The TED Conference has some great “commandments” for public speaking:

In addition: Some tips from my experience as a public speaker and teacher of public speaking:

Find a topic you enjoy talking about. If you don’t enjoy the topic, your lack of excitement will show through.
Show your expertise. As I mentioned yesterday, don’t directly promote your business, but show your expertise indirectly and people will want …read more