If you are  saying something official on Anzac Day, you should start by reading the information kit which the  APL has  compiled. It is...

Like any speaking situation the key to success is preparation. Anxiety subsides when you know what to do. Answering interview questions...

Interest in outstanding performers doesn’t fade with their fame, it  endures.  The community remains interested because they are...

Getting on and off is part of the performance. Sometimes you need to arrive early and look at the venue to figure out how you’ll do this....

There's a reason performers have rehearsals and tech checks just before the show. Unfamiliarity with the setup is a recipe for things...

He left an indelible mark on the minds of millions, from those  zany kangaroo hops on the moon’s surface to one of the most memorable...

The fact that my adult daughter had not read Winnie the Pooh is an indictment of everyone who has known her up until this point. The...

The Queen’s Christmas message is almost a religious ceremony  in some households. At 3pm  GMT, British  families (and many others,...

December 10th was the date that PM  Keating made ‘the Redfern Speech’ to launch Australia’s program for the International Year of the...

I challenge you not to ge tingles when you listen to this.Your voice is an instrument, and using it to best effect takes practice. James...

Colds, coughs and laryngitis are all too common.  If you rely heavily on your voice— teaching, talking to clients, singing—even a few...

Attenborough is a magician.  He entrances and  intrigues us.  Fuelled by his own fascination with his subject and  his genius  for...

Way before the digital era and  the info-graphic, Tufte laid down principles of good information design that are still the gold standard....

Tennant gets much of his character  and ‘actorly’ personality from the way he varies his pitch and inflection. Pitch is just like a note...

Purely information-based speeches are tough gigs. Think of a witness testifying in court, or a student announcing the results at the...

"I will be ruthless in ridding the army of people who cannot live up to its values…" Why is it so powerful? There are three reasons....

When you describe  Billy Collins  you have to use words that don’t normally go  together: contemporary best-selling poet.  He gets (it’s...

Introductions are among the most common and least-well-done aspects of public speaking. Your job is to set the speaker up and excite the...

Keating’s speechwriter Don Watson wrote in his memoirs that  Keating “painted word pictures, created images and moods at a stroke. He...

OK now I've used Socrates to catch your eye, this is really about your end of the speaker-audience connection. People will pay attention...