Youtube Video: Public Speaking Training on Attitude Is Everything

“You can learn to speak in public; you can overcome the fear of public speaking.
Your attitude will determine your level of success, not just in public speaking, but in life.

Find out how your attitude is formed, begin to understand what makes you respond to events and circumstances and then make the decision to change and grow.”

Youtube Video: Learn To Speak: Public Speaking Training, Attitude Is Everything

If you want to overcome stage fright and learn to speak with confidence, join a toastmasters club.
You are welcome to visit our Kampong Ubi Toastmasters Club if you are living in Singapore.

Coming Meeting Date:
22 May 2012 (Tue evening)
Time: 7:15 pm - 10 pm
Venue: Kampong Ubi Community Centre, Level 3 Conference Room
10 Jalan Ubi Singapore 409075
Click here to see the Location Map.

Yetti
Kampong Ubi Toastmasters Club
(Formerly Known As Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters Club)
Past Club President
District 80 Treasurer 2009-2010

Public Speaking Tips on Hand Gestures

Wonder what to with your hands when you’re giving a presentation?

Steve Bavister, who is a trainer with communication skills company Speak First. Steve demonstrates the best (and worst!) options for holding your hands and gesturing, so that you look confident and professional and get your message across clearly.

Youtube Video: What to do with your hands when you’re presenting!

If you want to overcome stage fright and learn to speak with confidence, join a toastmasters club.

You are welcome to visit our Kampong Ubi Toastmasters Club if you are living in Singapore.

Yetti
Kampong Ubi Toastmasters Club
(Formerly Known As Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters Club)
Past Club President
District 80 Treasurer 2009-2010

“Helping You To Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking and Speak With Confidence!”
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Updated Toastmasters Speech Series: Your Guide to the First 10 Speeches

Here are some good public speaking resources:
“If you are not a Toastmaster, consider this an introductory public speaking course.”
“If you are a Toastmaster, this is your guide through the first ten speeches. For each speech project, we’ll look at tips, techniques, and wherever possible, written and video examples of speeches which demonstrate the goals.”

Toastmasters – Ten Speeches (at Ratana Ong’s Blog)
Here you’ll find the objectives for all 10 basic speeches and sample videos from toastmasters doing their speeches.

Andrew Dlugan’s “Six Minutes - A Public Speaking and Presentation Skills Blog” has a Toastmasters Speech Series.

• Overview:  The Toastmasters Speech Series
• Project 1 : The Ice Breaker
• Project 2 :Organize Your Speech
• Project 3 :Get to the Point
• Project 4 :How To Say It
• Project 5 :Your Body Speaks
• Project 6 :Vocal Variety
• Project 7 :Research Your Topic

In addition, here are some other public speaking resources for your reference:

Project 1 - The Ice Breaker Manual Guide
Project 9 - Persuade with Power Manual Guide
By DTM Kan Kin Fung, Division U Head Speech Coach 2005-2006

Competent Leadership Tracking Table

Setting Up A Speech Databank  (The Real Secret to Creative Speech Ideas!)
By ATMG Ng Seng Chuan

Practice is the key to helping you improve in public speaking.

You’re welcome to visit our Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters Club (KSTMC) if you are living in Singapore.

Cheers!

Yetti
Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters Club
Past Club President
District 80 Treasurer 2009-2010

“Helping You To Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking and Speak With Confidence!”
Public Speaking Singapore
Public Speaking in Singapore Blog

Youtube Video on Public Speaking Tips : The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs
I think it is an awesome video on presentation skills.

Here are some points extracted from the video:

• Set the theme
• Make your theme clear and consistent
• Create a headline that sets the direction for the meeting
• Provide the outline
• Open and close each section with a clear transition
• Make it easy for your listeners to follow your story
• Demonstrate enthusiasm e.g. extraordinary, amazing, cool, incredible, unbelievable, awesome
• Wow your audience
• Sell an experience
• Make numbers and statistics meaningful
• Analogies help connect the dots for your audience
• Make it visual
• Point a simple picture that doesn’t overwhelm
• Give ‘em a show
• Identify your memorable moment and build up to it
• Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse
• Spend the time to rehearse
• One more thing…
• Give your audience an added bonus to walk away with

This is a short post about our next chapter meeting.
If you want to overcome stage fright and learn to speak with confidence, join a toastmasters club.
You are welcome to visit our Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters Club (KSTMC) if you are living in Singapore. We will have a special talk at the meeting too.

Meeting Date:  17 Dec 2011 (Sat afternoon)
Time: 2:15 pm - 5pm
Venue: CSM Singapore - Genius Seminar Room
Blk 231 Bain Street #04-41 Bras Basah Complex Singapore 180231

Special Talk : Maximise Your Memory Power

Speakers Profile:
Nishant Kasibhatla is an ACB and is the president of Brilliant Advanced Toastmasters Club. Nishant helps executives, managers and leaders to attain peak mental performance and boost their productivity. He is a Guinness World Record Holder and the only Grand Master of Memory in Singapore. Nishant is an author of 4 books on memory and learning. He is a popular speaker with over 15 years’ experience in conducting training in 11 countries across 4 continents. Nishant is a past President of Asia Professional Speakers, Singapore. He is the youngest Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) in Singapore.

Youtube Video on Public Speaking Tips:
Tips for Effective Presentation Skills - Power Point

Nowadays, powerpoint slides are very common for business or sales presentations.
How to conduct effective powerpoint shows?  Check out the below video.

Here are some points extracted from the video:

• Keep text simple and consistent
• Find creative ways to reduce details
• Decide how many slides to include and what to include
• Use colours deliberately
• Use design elements
• Know your equipment
• Prepare to deliver
• Reduce text
• Graphs and diagrams helps easy illustration
• Avoid bullets on every slide
• Avoid clip art in your slides
• Find or take photos instead

In addition, you can check out our previous blog posts “Powerpoint Presentation Tips” and “Effective Business Presentation Tips” too.

If you want to overcome stage fright and learn to speak with confidence, join a toastmasters club.
You are welcome to visit our Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters Club (KSTMC) if you are living in Singapore.

Yetti
Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters Club
Past Club President
District 80 Treasurer 2009-2010

“Helping You To Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking and Speak With Confidence!”
Public Speaking Singapore
Public Speaking in Singapore Blog

Youtube Video: Public Speaking Tips on How to Start Your Presentation

“If you’re like most people, getting started is probably the hardest part.  It’s kind of like writers block. You can sit for hours—nothing comes to you, but when it does, it just pours out.  So, how do we get started?”

The following video provides some helpful tips on how to start your presentation by Karen Friedman.

Think about the following questions…
1. What is the purpose of your talk?
2. What do your listeners care about?
3. What do you want people to remember?

If you want to overcome stage fright and learn to speak with confidence, join a toastmasters club.
You are welcome to visit our Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters Club (KSTMC) if you are living in Singapore.

Yetti
Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters Club
Past Club President
District 80 Treasurer 2009-2010

“Helping You To Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking and Speak With Confidence!”
Public Speaking Singapore
Public Speaking in Singapore Blog

Youtube Video: How to Get Thoughts in an Impromptu Speech

“Learn how to organize your thoughts in order to give an impromptu speech and do it well with expert tips in this free public speaking video.”

If you want to overcome stage fright and learn to speak with confidence, join a toastmasters club.
You are welcome to visit our Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters Club (KSTMC) if you are living in Singapore.

Yetti
Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters Club
Past Club President
District 80 Treasurer 2009-2010

“Helping You To Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking and Speak With Confidence!”
Public Speaking Singapore
Public Speaking in Singapore Blog