How to Come Out as a Confident Public Speaker

theresa walsh

I am a lecturer from Dublin and a keen public speaker

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via articleoutpost.com

A good article on how to come out as confident public speaker even if you are not.

A Good Selection of Humor in Public Speaking Articles

I am not sure about you but I like to spend my weekends catching up with reading, ah, I think I actually wrote about that already, didn't I?
Anyway I thought I'd give a list of few articles I found quite interesting this week. They all revolve around the topic of humor in public speaking.

How to improve your public speaking skills
Use Humore to captivate your audience
Humor in public speaking
Enjoy,

How You Can Use Slow Times to Grow Your Business

Here's a good quote I found on one of the self employment blogs:

Slow times are natural for every business, it’s a fact.

But you probably have heard completely opposite statements in that regard, haven’t you? Well then, let me tell you one thing, without slow times your company would collapse really quickly.

Slow times give you a chance to step back and look at your business from a different perspective. Thanks to them you can finally focus on things you wouldn’t normally have time for. And I don’t mean your equipment maintenance or catching up with the bookkeeping. These things are important too but slow times give you the opportunity to look at how your business performs and fix whatever you feel isn’t right.

via selfemployedcafe.com

How to Market Your Startup On the Cheap

If there's one thing every entrepreneur realizes before launching a new venture, it's that one of the most important steps toward success is getting your name out there.

via readwriteweb.com

Benefits of Business Blogging for Small Businesses

I have been blogging for a long time now, I think I set up my first ever blog around 5 years ago. It was absolutely awful, thinking of it now, but it was my beginning with the blogging journey. Since then I wrote many blogs, on various subjects and I have many ideas in mind too. 

But what really interests me is business blogging, or blogging by companies, businesses. Blogging not for profit or to build a tribe, successful online business but to promote your actual company and build it's reputation. 

I am still rather new to the idea of business blogging so I am happy that someone actually decided to write a series of posts explaining more in depth what it is. The first post is about 5 key benefits of business blogging. Check it out, it's well worth it. 

Are you afraid of public speaking?

Public speaking is surrounded by myths. And all this nonsense that is said about it prevents many great people from entering this wonderful career. These are people with great ideas and views they could share and influence others. Yet, scared by all the public speaking myths they choose to do not even try. 

I am happy that somebody is now writing openly about it and tries to demystify those public speaking myths for good!

If you feel overwhelmed by your fears of public speaking, visit the public speaking handbook blog. There is some comforting information there. 

Weekend recap

Turns out this weekend was fruitful with stories and in case you missed some of them (I did!), Mashable social media guys have prepared a good roundup of the hottest stories of the past few days.

Have a read through them here: http://mashable.com/2010/08/23/mashable-weekend-recap-5/

Good work from home dad resource

I just found a good site for work from home dads out there. 

I know that for many fathers working and spending time with their families is crucial and they don't want to sacrifice the time they could have with their kids for career anymore. 

Personally I think it is a brilliant thing and I second that!

So, for you brave work from home dads, here is the site: work from home dad

iSpeech Cards - Improve Your Public Speaking

Public Speaking is a tough job to do and certainly one that requires a lot of preparation and practice. 

If you're a technology freak like me, you will probably love this nifty little app for the iPhone. 

Here is a full review of it: http://www.theiphoneappreview.com/03/ispeechcards-public-speaking-app/

Speak well!