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Archive for January, 2008
The Future of Internet video on Public Speaking Blogs
Posted by TJ Walker in Audio/Video Technology, Public Speaking Skills on January 10, 2008
I’ve just gone through a list of 70 of the top public speaking blogs. I was struck by how few actually had experts speaking about speaking in a video or audio format.
As much as youtube and internet video get attention these days, text is still the default medium for people who wish to communicate ideas on the web. How much longer will this be the case? I started doing an Internet radio talk show in 1998—nobody listened. In 2000 I started a daily video and audio political blog—no one watched. Three years ago, I started doing daily speaking video segments on The Speaking Channel. The audience has been, shall we charitably say, less than Superbowl sized.
Body Language Analysis of Roger Clemons
Posted by TJ Walker in Uncategorized on January 9, 2008
A number of body language experts have been having a field day analyzing recent testimony from baseball great Roger Clemons as he denies steroid use. The New York Times has a story where various body language experts weigh in. While I am a big believer in the idea that people who speak need to be very attentive to how their body language augments or undercuts their messages, I’ve always been skeptical of experts who claim to be able to tell instantly if someone is lying simply by analyzing body language.
Here is the most telling piece from today’s Times story, “Even the most skilled body-language experts are right in only about half of all cases, he (retired FBI body language expert Joe Navarro) said, and investigators often study body language to decide when to dig deeper.â€
The Speaking Channel Re-launches
Posted by TJ Walker in PowerPoint, Presentation Skills Training, Public Speaking Skills on January 9, 2008
We have just re-organized and re-launched The Speaking Channel into 27 different communities. We found it was too confusing to put people into one main site because people thought we were just about professional speakers or just about PowerPoint. Now, we have things sub-divided into neater categories–or at least that is our hope. Please take a look at the site and send us feedback on any additional hubs you think we may have left out.
Using Video to Introduce a Public Speaker
Posted by TJ Walker in Audio/Video Technology, CEOs/Financial, Humor, Keynote Speaking, Public Speaking Skills on January 9, 2008
Here is a great video used to introduce bill Gates before his last keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show. The video is funny and well done. But I feel it should come with a warning: Don’t try this at home kids! Why? Because it is extraordinarily time-consuming and expensive to put together a video like this. My advice? Most speakers are better off coming up with an interesting speech rather than getting lost in the details of editing a video. So if you have the resources of Microsoft behind you and you are good friends with international celebrities like Gates, then go for the fancy videos. If not, think twice before going to these lengths.
Fees for Guest Experts on TV
Posted by TJ Walker in Professional Speakers, Sales and Marketing on January 8, 2008
In America, the fastest way to look like a rank amateur is to ask a TV producer what you will be paid for being interviewed. You don’t usually get any fee unless you have been on for free as a guest and now are being promoted to the level of an official commentator or expert for that show or network. But in England, for example, the rules are different. Check out this article for how things are done there.
Getting Your Elevator Pitch Straight
Posted by TJ Walker in Pitching, Public Speaking Skills, Social Speaking on January 8, 2008
I just attend a BNI business networking event this morning in Rockefeller Center here in Manhattan. This is an opportunity for business people and entrepreneurs to network and give their elevator pitches to a room full of 35 colleagues. Here is a list of the three most common blunders:
1. Starting off with “good morning, my name is…†This is boring and you were already introduced.
2. Listing educational and certification credentials. No one cares that you spend 90 hours on a mortgage broker study course.
3. Ad slogans don’t work in a 30 second into—leave those for your brochure or business card.
Is Your Next Speech a Media Event?
Posted by TJ Walker in CEOs/Financial, Keynote Speaking, Public Speaking Skills, Technology on January 7, 2008
If you hold an interesting position in yhour industry or are high profile in any way, you must keep in mind that any audience you speak to these days may be filled with bloggers. And these bloggers may be commenting on your speech. So just because you don’t see TV cameras in the audience or people with “press” hats on, doesn’t mean that your comments are somehow off the record–they aren’t. Everything you say must be considered through this prisim: How do I feel if this is quoted on a web site that has a million ivsitiorslooking at it during the next two years?
How common is it for speeches to be blogged about today: Here’s just a partial list of people who blogged about Bill Gates’ Speech at the CES yesterday.
Moving From the Public Speaking Audience to the Public Speaking Platform
Posted by TJ Walker in CEOs/Financial, Keynote Speaking on January 6, 2008
Every day I receive a Google alert for the phrase “call for speakers.†Daily, organizations around the world are looking for speakers to present at their conferences. Most of the time, these speaking gigs are unpaid, but are excellent opportunities for executives, consultants, authors and others to showcase their organizations and expertise. So how do you get to present at the trade association conventions you attend every year?
Follow these steps:
Debate
Posted by TJ Walker in Uncategorized on January 5, 2008
Thompson on terrorism. he is sounding intelligent and thoughtful.
Giuliani snapping back at Ron Paul.Â
Ron Paul snaps back.
Romney hops in and sounds forceful.
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