by Paolo | 19 April 2020 | Blog, LearnFromTED, Public speaking
#LearnFromTED is back thanks to George Blair-West who’s giving some advice on happy marriage, it’s also a good chance to pick up some public speaking tips! I encourage you to watch the video and try to write down your own observations, which you can also...
by Paolo | 1 April 2020 | Blog, LearnFromGreatSpeeches, Public speaking
#LearnFromGreatSpeeches hosts Maya Angelou, a great American poet. This is her eulogy at the funeral of Coretta Scott King, a great civil rights activist. Opening The opening is touching and with a visual impact, even if it is a speech, the words are used to paint a...
by Paolo | 15 March 2020 | Blog, LearnFromTED, Public speaking
This #LearnFromTED is bittersweet since it covers a sad prediction that fell on death ears. Nonetheless it’s a good TED Talk and not only because history proved its foresight. The speaker is Bill Gates, and he wants to raise an issue. He talks about how we are...
by Paolo | 29 February 2020 | Blog, Public speaking
Say it with a flower! Or say it with a colour! Colours communicate, we associate meanings to them, both consciously and unconsciously. For this reason you should use them accurately. Select them to enrich the emotional impact of your visual aids and help the audience...
by Paolo | 23 February 2020 | Blog, LearnFromTED, Public speaking
Be happy, the guest of this #LearnFromTED is Shawn Achor, actually be twice happy! Happiness is exactly the topic of this talk, furthermore it is the cue to see how you can appropriately and effectively use humour in your presentations. As usual my advice is to first...
by Paolo | 17 February 2020 | Blog, Public speaking
When you speak before a group what is best: presentation or conversation? What are the differences between the two? When should you go for one, when for the other? The fundamental difference between them is the involvement of the audience. Maximum in a conversation,...
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