Speaker Training

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Why shutting your mouth will make you more credible

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Why shutting your mouth will make you more credible

You may be prone to using verbal fillers such as “err”, “uh”, “um” but they can make you appear unprepared, nervous or unsure of your facts even if you aren’t.  Dare I say that it can even make you appear less intelligent than you are and I’m sure you don’t want that.

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Be meaningful to others unless you want to be forgotten

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Be meaningful to others unless you want to be forgotten

Psychologists discovered nearly 150 years ago the right way to make sure what you are saying is remembered by the people that matter.  

German psychologist, Hemann Ebbinghaus, discovered that meaningful things are remembered more than random, meaningless things.

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What is the detail you need to work on to be a better communicator?

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What is the detail you need to work on to be a better communicator?

Knowing the ingredients of a performance is crucial if you want to work on what matters to improve from ok to good to great.

If not, you could be investing time, energy and even money on improving something that makes no tangible difference.

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Make mistakes...then get better

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Make mistakes...then get better

As children we naturally try out new things and fail. Then try again and learn.

 

Research suggests that this rhythm of try- fail -repeat – succeed is being driven out of us as the world becomes more connected. You should be aware and put yourself in positions where you can fail before you learn too.