A fellow safety speaker who was starting out in the speaking business asked me if I would critique his style. "Sure, I said, send me a video." He had a charming style, connected well with the audience, had a wonderful [...]
I've written about this before from a different angle However, I had to include it again with this series of amateur safety speaker mistakes series because it happens so often. When I have free time at safety conventions I like [...]
(See my last blog for Mistake #1) I would be lying if I told you this mistake doesn't upset me on occasions. It sometimes hurts my performance and can confuse an audience. If you are scheduled to talk for 20 [...]
Recently I was setting up for a talk, and the speaker who was ahead of me on the agenda was also in the room preparing for her talk. I brought over the hand-held mic and said: "here's the mic we have." [...]
Shake hands and say "Hello." I know what you're thinking -- "But I work with these people all the time, and they know me already." So? Isn't this a special occasion? Aren't you happy you're getting the chance to get [...]
"A good story badly told soon loses its effect." --Indian (Tamil) Proverb People love a good story well told. Proof of this lies in the fact that every society in the world, past and present, has told stories. Legends of [...]
One surefire way to arouse interest quickly during a safety meeting or safety presentation is to startle your listeners with an arresting, unusual or intriguing statement. Example: “There are more living creatures on your face than there are people in Chicago.” It’s a [...]
I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I simply acted as though I was not afraid, and presently the fear disappeared. --Theodore Roosevelt Remember the little red engine. It was able to overcome a [...]
Here's an excerpt from Spice It Up! 52 Easy Ways to Turn Your Safety Meetings from Bland to GRAND! For more information about this helpful tool visit: http://store.makesafetyfun.com/ *********************************** TIP #43 There are two main types of gestures: emphatic and [...]
. . . that is a question I’ve been asked (and pondered over) many times during my career as a professional speaker. If you have to give presentations, you’ve probably wrestled with this too. Even when I attended my first [...]