Even though every audience is different... There are some techniques that are UNIVERSALLY effective in creating engagement & excitement between you and your audience and giving an amazing presentation. Giving EXAMPLES is one of these. Giving … [Read more...]
Learning the Art of Pacing Your Presentations
Do you have trouble pacing your presentations? Does it always seem to take longer than you anticipated or do you find you finish early and have nothing left to say? What about your audience? Do THEY feel like you are going too fast or too slow? How … [Read more...]
Voice Projection: It’s Not About Yelling
Toastmasters: Crème De La Crème
With the 2017 Toastmasters International Speech Contest Semifinals coming up in August at the Toastmasters International Convention, I thought I’d take a minute and share 2016’s winners and runner ups. I find it amazing how similar and different all of … [Read more...]
Top 10 Fears of Public Speaking
This is Part 1 of a 3-part video series on how to conquer your fear of public speaking. Part 1 – [You Are Here] Top 10 Fears of Public Speaking Part 2 – Face Your Fear of Public Speaking Part 3 – Make Public Speaking as Easy as Brushing Your … [Read more...]
You Don’t Have To ‘Sell’ To Be Successful
You Don’t Have To ‘Sell’ To Be Successful I am going to ask you 4 critical questions… Do people feel connected to you? Do they actually WANT to buy from you? …or do they walk away? Do they see you as a future partner? …or do they … [Read more...]
Tips on How to Create Good Leading Questions
One of the best ways to keep your audience engaged is to ask the right types of questions. Recently, we were asked by a member of our Rule the Room Public Speaking Community to write a blog about how to create good leading questions. I started to email … [Read more...]
Get Your Audience Involved in Your Presentation
To get your audience involved in your presentation and to get them asking more questions during your presentation... You need to really start thinking about THEM and seeing things from THEIR perspective. One of the most important things you can … [Read more...]
Inspirational Public Speaking Quotes From People You Wouldn’t Expect
Inspirational public speaking quotes may be just what you need right before your next presentation. Check out these famous quotes from famous individuals throughout the years. Let us know which one is your favorite and share it with us on our Facebook Page … [Read more...]
The Ugly Truth About Five Minute Talks
If you have any kind of fear surrounding public speaking, we’ve found they get even worse when you only have FIVE or less minutes up there to speak. If you’re like me, you can end up with a real physiological reaction to public speaking that actually causes … [Read more...]
How to Set up Your Speech for Success
The ability to formulate a thought or concept concisely, and then successfully convey it to others, is one of the most valuable and distinctive traits for any leader. It allows them to elevate their idea or a goal into the public landscape, where it can … [Read more...]
10 Tips on How to Relax
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about public speaking since I started working for Rule the Room it’s this… When the Rule the Room team speaks to anyone about giving presentations, and specifically about fears and nervousness, the above is the one … [Read more...]
[Case Study] What Signs Tell the Audience I’m Afraid?
It was the year 2012… I had just finished a keynote speech about public speaking, and a dozen people came up towards me after the speech and stood in line waiting to talk to me. One of them actually waited until the very end of the line… …so that he … [Read more...]
To all of our community….We’d like to say Happy Thanksgiving!
Once again Thanksgiving is upon us! Personally, it is one of my favorite holidays if not the favorite. If you think about it Thanksgiving is one of the few major holidays that does not revolve around the giving of gifts which I think is a nice … [Read more...]
The underlying causes of stage fright
This is part 2 of a three part blog series on the fear of public speaking. Part 1 – Top 10 Fears of Public Speaking Part 2 – [You Are Here]Face Your Fear of Public Speaking Part 3 – Make Public Speaking as Easy as Brushing Your Teeth This … [Read more...]
You Guys Keep Asking The Wrong Questions!
In the many years that we have been helping individuals with their Public Speaking skill set, we have noticed that the questions that get asked the most about our courses by interested individuals are usually the ones that are the least … [Read more...]
Public Speaking: Do Not Give Another Presentation Until You Read This!
WOW! When a public presentation goes bad… Samsung hired producer/director Michael Bay. And here's what happened... CES is the Consumer Electronics Show, and as the name implies, it's the annual trade shows where the major players in the electronic … [Read more...]
Looking for some inspiration?
Writers block can be a killer when writing a speech especially when you are working with a deadline. That's why I like to go for some inspiration before I settle down and write my speech. The internet is full of useful videos and pdfs of speeches but I … [Read more...]
Practice Makes Perfect
My high school tennis coach told us “Practice doesn’t make perfect if you are practicing the wrong things.” Ugh! He was right. BUT HOW do I know that I am putting the right things into practice? That’s why we exist. Our team KNOWS the strife, lost … [Read more...]
Ever wonder how we do it?
There are no secrets here at Rule The Room Public Speaking. By now, hopefully, you’ve taken one of our courses or at the very least taken us up on one of our free offers. If you have, you’ve probably noticed that we are very fond of videos here at Rule The … [Read more...]
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