I’m going to be very blunt… People aren’t listening to you… …not as much as you think. What’s worse, most speakers can’t even tell... It’s not that they don’t want to listen to you…they’re secretly hoping you have something to say that they want to … [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...]
How To Fast Track Your Business With Demos That Win
I’m so excited about this specific, yet powerful type of presentation known as “THE DEMO”… …that I sought after and interviewed three of the top ”Demo-ers”. I’m not kidding, this is powerful stuff. When we looked carefully at demos vs. presentations … [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...]
Why Answering Every Question is a Bad Idea
Looking for a way on how to handle questions during your presentation? No worries, you’ve come to the right place! If you are answering every question you get during your presentations or classes, you may want to rethink that. Jason used to answer … [Read more...]
The Free Public Speaking App You Need to Download Today!
We here at the Rule The Room are always looking for new ways to improve your public speaking skill set, hence our large collection of online courses in our PS LAB. But we also like to provide you guys with free value! And that’s exactly what you’ll be … [Read more...]
See what we’ve been up to out on the road!
The majority of our clients see the finished products online but what they don't see are the years and years Jason have been putting his techniques into work. I thought I'd share some images from the last couple of years of what we've been up to on the road. … [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...]
[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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
10 Ways Leaders Earn More Respect
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...]
How To Get The Audiences Attention Every Time You Speak
Want to Learn How to get the Audiences Attention Every Time Your Speak? Do you value solid communication with your staff? More importantly, do you sense a disconnect at times with them? As a leader you want to spend time wisely, keep focus, work … [Read more...]
Live Audience Polling Software: Bring Your Audience in on the Action
One of the main complaints people have about presentations is the fact that it is more or less one-sided. Here you have someone on stage shooting off information left and right and a room full of people just taking it in. Yes, there may be some Q&A and … [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...]
Shake the Fake Listeners
How can you tell if you’ve hit a plateau with your public speaking skills? The answer; expect it and plan for it. That’s how real change happens. And, be warned, you just can't go on your impression of how well your audience is … [Read more...]
The Importance of hooking your audience
Here’s the scenario…you have 5 minutes to give a speech and only 15 seconds to reel in your audience. What do you do? Hooking your audience is no easy feat, especially if you are on a short timeline but it is a vital piece of the puzzle if you want … [Read more...]
Why your audience needs to like you
How many times have you heard someone say, "I hated that speaker, but boy, was that a good presentation!" Exactly... Never. Why is that? Why do they have to like you? Isn’t your job just to present the information at hand? I mean, c’mon... do … [Read more...]