http://www.tjwalker.com News analyzed from a communication perspective. | Public speaking, media training, presentation training, crisis communications Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:18:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/25/forget-the-unrealistic-role-models/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/25/forget-the-unrealistic-role-models/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:54:48 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=11543 A frequently discussed phenomenon involves teenage girls who look up to to 6′ 3″ 90 pound super models as role models. These genetic freaks are obviously not ideal role models for girls with normal bone structures. The results? Anorexia and bulimia. Something similar happens when it comes to my clients who are trying to improve [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/25/forget-the-unrealistic-role-models/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/21/bad-speech-great-q-a-session/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/21/bad-speech-great-q-a-session/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:48:30 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=11496 One thing I hear all of the time from my presentation training clients is “I’m not great at the prepared section of my speech, but I feel I truly excel during the question and answer session. I feel more comfortable then and people tell me that I seem exceptionally strong and convincing during question time.” [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/21/bad-speech-great-q-a-session/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/13/there-are-no-little-speeches-only-little-speakers/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/13/there-are-no-little-speeches-only-little-speakers/#comments Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:27:15 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=11402
]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/13/there-are-no-little-speeches-only-little-speakers/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/06/shut-up-business-presentations/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/06/shut-up-business-presentations/#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 20:39:24 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=11209 For most 10-20 minute business presentations, you don’t have much time, so every moment must count. But at some point in your career, you may be asked to lead a seminar that is three hours in length or even longer. You can not prepare the same way as you do a normal speech. It’s not [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/03/06/shut-up-business-presentations/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/26/a-few-notes-on-using-notes/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/26/a-few-notes-on-using-notes/#comments Sat, 26 Feb 2011 17:43:35 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=10942
TJ Walker gives tips on how to use notes when giving a speech.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/26/a-few-notes-on-using-notes/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/23/i-hate-my-voice-fear-of-speaking/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/23/i-hate-my-voice-fear-of-speaking/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:57:01 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=10876 At least once a week one of my trainees tells me “I hate my voice.” This is usually followed by a solemn declaration that somehow all recording voices distort his or her voice in an unflattering matter. What’s going on here? Perhaps you have noticed when you hear your own voice on a voicemail or [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/23/i-hate-my-voice-fear-of-speaking/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/21/dont-be-afraid-of-large-audiences/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/21/dont-be-afraid-of-large-audiences/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:18:28 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=10620 Too many people convince themselves that they “can’t speak in front of large crowds.” Baloney! If you can have one interesting conversation with one person, then you already possess all the skills you need to give a keynote address before a thousand people. The beauty of large crowds is that you have numbers working in [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/21/dont-be-afraid-of-large-audiences/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/20/bad-and-worse-reviews/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/20/bad-and-worse-reviews/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:12:07 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=10616 If you speak long enough to groups in-person or on TV or radio, you are likely to offend somebody. If you are on a TV or radio show that has a call-in format, you might be called a fascist or a communist, simply for expressing a mild preference for a mainstream political figure. If you [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/20/bad-and-worse-reviews/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/20/coping-with-extreme-fear-public-speaking-advice-2/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/20/coping-with-extreme-fear-public-speaking-advice-2/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:57:47 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=10632
Listen for tips and advice to deal with a fear of public speaking.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/20/coping-with-extreme-fear-public-speaking-advice-2/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/19/when-to-admit-mistakes/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/19/when-to-admit-mistakes/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:27:10 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=10614 Most speakers go to one of two extremes when it comes to making mistakes in front of audiences. 1. Instantly calling attention to mistakes by apologizing, wincing, and generally beating yourself up, or 2. Putting on a front of perfection and denying that you have ever made a mistake about anything, ever, under any circumstances. [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/19/when-to-admit-mistakes/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/18/rapport-is-key/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/18/rapport-is-key/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:18:14 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=10612 When speaking, building rapport with your audience is crucially important. Average and below average speakers spend all of their time focused on writing and rewriting their content. Great speakers care about content too, but they realize that the first order of business is building rapport with an audience. Once you build rapport, your audience becomes [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/18/rapport-is-key/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/15/tips-to-consider-before-name-calling/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/15/tips-to-consider-before-name-calling/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:42:59 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=10487
Here are some guidelines to consider before attacking someone in the media.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/15/tips-to-consider-before-name-calling/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/15/indian-foreign-minister-reads-the-wrong-speech-at-the-united-nations/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/15/indian-foreign-minister-reads-the-wrong-speech-at-the-united-nations/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:43:15 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=10421 This is one of the funniest and most bizarre public speaking stories I’ve ever heard of. The Indian Foreign Minister picked up the Portuguese Foreign Minister’s speech and read the dang thing like it was his own in front of the UN Security Council. Wow, I know that UN speeches are supposedly thought to be [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/15/indian-foreign-minister-reads-the-wrong-speech-at-the-united-nations/feed/ 2 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/10/never-read-a-speech/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/10/never-read-a-speech/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:03:54 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=10213 Never read a speech to your audience. Never read a speech. NEVER READ A SPEECH! I say that all the time to my clients. Every presentation coach says this. Why? Because 99.99999% of the world reads a speech in such a way that their voice becomes flat, monotone, lifeless and boring. The audience falls instantly [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/10/never-read-a-speech/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/08/deliver-a-great-job-interview/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/08/deliver-a-great-job-interview/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:22:32 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=10079 Make that next job interview a knock out! this and more viewer questions answers on Today’s show.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/02/08/deliver-a-great-job-interview/feed/ 1 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/01/18/eliminate-your-fear-of-public-speaking/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/01/18/eliminate-your-fear-of-public-speaking/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:15:33 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=9090
TJ walker gives advise on how to rid yourself of public speaking fears, communicate more intimately with audiences and to be wary of humor!]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/01/18/eliminate-your-fear-of-public-speaking/feed/ 124 http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/29/smile-your-way-to-speech-success/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/29/smile-your-way-to-speech-success/#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:49:20 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=8249 You are about to give a big speech and you are understandably tensed up. You are thinking and thinking and memorizing, and focusing, focusing, focusing. If you were any tenser you’d break in two. You know this and you feel this, but don’t show your audience. Remember, your audience can’t read your mind or see [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/29/smile-your-way-to-speech-success/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/29/man-calls-911-and-asks-for-the-media-to-be-arrested/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/29/man-calls-911-and-asks-for-the-media-to-be-arrested/#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:35:09 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=8217 This is a funny story out of, you guessed it, Florida. Prediction, this guy can hire the same publicist, agent, manager, and speaker bureau of “Joe the Plumber.” If the 911 guys plays it right, he could get a talk radio show out of this and end up as….Sarah Palin’s running mate?]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/29/man-calls-911-and-asks-for-the-media-to-be-arrested/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/28/gawker-headline-who-will-save-new-jersey-while-chris-christie-eats-mickey-mouse/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/28/gawker-headline-who-will-save-new-jersey-while-chris-christie-eats-mickey-mouse/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:10:48 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=8109 I was the first one to predict that Christie would get “snowed under’ with criticism for his decision to fly off to Disney World on Sunday when the storm was on the way to his state of New Jersey. Now the snow is turning into an avalanche of attacks on the governor’s political judgement. Should [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/28/gawker-headline-who-will-save-new-jersey-while-chris-christie-eats-mickey-mouse/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/28/alvin-greene-to-run-for-office-again-in-south-carolina/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/28/alvin-greene-to-run-for-office-again-in-south-carolina/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:55:55 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=8103 Some people love to run for office even though their candidacy is a joke. It’s one thing to do it one time. But to do it on a serial basis become pathetic. Alvin Greene apparently likes to be in the limelight in order to do media interviews (however awful the were) and to give speeches. [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/28/alvin-greene-to-run-for-office-again-in-south-carolina/feed/ 1 http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/23/does-filibuster-reform-have-a-chance-media-training/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/23/does-filibuster-reform-have-a-chance-media-training/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:47:30 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=7917
A letter has been signed by every returning Democratic senator urging Majority Leader Harry Reid to push for filibuster reform in the New Congress, National Journal reports. TJ Walker offers his analysis of potential changes to the filibuster rules.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/23/does-filibuster-reform-have-a-chance-media-training/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/23/rex-ryan-on-foot-fetish-its-personal-crisis-communication/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/23/rex-ryan-on-foot-fetish-its-personal-crisis-communication/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:42:52 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=7915
TJ Walker offers crisis communication advice to New York Jets head coach as he deals with questions about videos he may or may not have made with his wife.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/23/rex-ryan-on-foot-fetish-its-personal-crisis-communication/feed/ 133 http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/20/top-communication-blogs-of-the-day/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/20/top-communication-blogs-of-the-day/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:41:54 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=7628 What Preachers Can Teach Us About Public Speaking | Knockout Presentations Blog The Art Of Public Speaking Lessons From The Greatest Speech Hotfile Rapidshare Torrent and Fileserve Download Search Reserve Promotion 2010 | Public Speaking Topics Posts of Christmas Past | Manner of Speaking]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/20/top-communication-blogs-of-the-day/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/15/coping-with-extreme-fear-public-speaking-advice/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/15/coping-with-extreme-fear-public-speaking-advice/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:50:37 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=7402 What do you do if you have an extreme case of public speaking Heebie-Jeebies? What if you are way beyond the normal fear level when it comes to speaking in public or in front of a TV camera? Sure, other people joke abut preferring root canal or being in a casket over giving a public [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/15/coping-with-extreme-fear-public-speaking-advice/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/13/top-communications-blog-of-the-day-here-what-im-reading-tj/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/13/top-communications-blog-of-the-day-here-what-im-reading-tj/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:25:08 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=7254 Sacred Cowardice – It Figures – Figures of Speech TED Blog | The INK Conference: Day 2 Sticky Slides – presentation design blog: Lessons from the 2010 SlideShare presentation competiton slidecoaching.com » Blog Archive Winning Presentations – Slideshare Contest 2010 Public Speaking – Yale’s Shapiro Releases Memorable Quotes of 2010 | Matt Eventoff Quotes for Public [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2010/12/13/top-communications-blog-of-the-day-here-what-im-reading-tj/feed/ 0