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Your audience doesn’t really care about you. There are exceptions. If you are a celebrity and they are a raving fan, then they might want to hear all about you. Let’s assume that you aren’t a celebrity and the fans you do have care more about themselves. So how do you show your audience that …
When people ask this question, I believe what they are really suggesting is that they aren’t natural-born speakers and therefore there is no hope for them. People use the “natural born speaker” theory as an excuse to deliver bad presentations or not speak at all. They are saying, “It’s not my fault, I’m just not …
The short answer is yes for most people. If you need to communicate with people you would most likely benefit from learning how to be a better public speaker. The principles of public speaking are principles of communication. That includes persuasion, teaching, inspiring, informing, reporting and leading. Many techniques from public speaking can be adapted …
