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Speak and Be Heard: TJ Walker in WorkingWomen.com
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Press Room, speech writing, Story Telling, tip of the day, Training Community on December 2, 2011
Whether it’s your first team meeting, a big presentation or just introducing yourself at a networking event, learning how to speak with confidence can be a daunting task. Here are tips from TJ Walker, who can help you put your best self forward.
Learn to Like Your Voice: Most people hate the sound of their voice because they’ve heard it on tape, voicemail or video. For most of us, our voices aren’t horrible or wrong, we’re just used to hearing it through our own skulls and it sounds different. The rule is simple: don’t worry about trying to alter your voice; just get over it. It’s much more important to sound compassionate and engaging.
Compelling Stories for Investor Pitches
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Communications, Pitching, Presentation Skills Training, Public Speaking Skills, Story Telling, Video on March 31, 2011
When making a pitch to potential investors, tell great stories that they will relate to and that will draw them in. If you speak their language through stories you will have greater success.
Presentation Training Tip: If you get invited to give a speech, then speak. If you get invited to a reading, then read. (However, great authors don’t read at their own book readings, they tell stories instead.)
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Presentation Skills Training, Professional Speakers, Social Speaking, Speaking Competition, speech writing, Story Telling, Student Speak on March 4, 2011
Presentation Training Tip: If you get invited to give a speech, then speak. If you get invited to a reading, then read. (However, great authors don’t read at their own book readings, they tell stories instead.)
New Opera in London: “Anna Nicole”
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Body Language, celebrities, Communications, Crisis Communications, Story Telling on February 18, 2011
I did a double take when I saw this headline. But then I found out that the creator is the same guy who made the Jerry Springer Opera. I saw the Jerry Springer Opera in London 7 or 8 years ago and I loved it. So why not Anna Nicole as an opera? Her life was certainly bizarre and was filled with extraordinary highs and lows.
So sign me up for tickets if and when the Anna Nicole Opera comes to New York City.
TOP BLOGS OF THE DAY- What TJ is reading
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, blogging, Social Media, Story Telling on February 14, 2011
Presentation Tip of the Day: You don’t have to make every single audience member love you or even a majority of the audience members love you. But if 95% are chanting that they want you to resign, be fired, or leave the country, chances are, it’s time to find a new line of work.
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, blogging, Body Language, Pitching, Politics, Presentation Skills Training, Professional Speakers, Story Telling, tip of the day, Training Community on February 12, 2011
Presentation Tip of the Day: You don’t have to make every single audience member love you or even a majority of the audience members love you. But if 95% are chanting that they want you to resign, be fired, or leave the country, chances are, it’s time to find a new line of work.
Piers Morgan Conducts Worst Interview Ever
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, Media Training, Social Speaking, speech writing, Story Telling, tip of the day, Training Community on February 9, 2011
Last night I caught Piers Morgan on CNN. He was interviewing Michael Oher, the guy who was the central character in the Sandra Bullock movie, The Blind Side. I hate to be mean, but the interview was an embarrassment for all involved.
Oher said two “uhs” and three “ya knows” for every single other word that came out of his mouth. It was painful and horrific. Look, not everyone has to be great at everything.
Ex-President Bush’s daughter supports gay marriage- Video analysis
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Social Media, Social Speaking, Story Telling, Video, Voice, Workplace on February 2, 2011
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Barbara Bush supports marriage equality in NY. A video analysis of what it means for her to break rank from her father’s point of view.
Virginia poised to ban teacher-student texting, facebooking
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Social Media, Story Telling, Student Speak, Video, Voice, Workplace on January 11, 2011
What are the benefits of online interactive learning?
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, blogging, Public Speaking Skills, Story Telling, Student Speak, Teaching, Technology, Video on January 3, 2011
Facebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Interact With Their Kids
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Social Media, Social Speaking, Story Telling, Student Speak, Video on December 28, 2010
TJ Walker offers analysis of how a parent can join the social media world without angering their kids.
Behind the scenes and in the studio at TJ Walker Interactive
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, blogging, Body Language, Communications, Crisis Communications, Media, PowerPoint, Presentation Skills Training, publishing, Sales and Marketing, Social Media, Social Speaking, Story Telling on December 28, 2010
How to be a good storyteller -presentation training
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Story Telling, Video, Voice, Workplace on December 22, 2010
What are the benefits of being a good storyteller and how you can use this skill during your next presentation.
Snooki Shores Up $11,000 Pay Day To Appear At Tanning Salon
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Sales and Marketing, Social Media, Social Speaking, Speaking Competition, speech writing, Story Telling, Student Speak, Technology, tip of the day on December 16, 2010
The next time you laugh at the long lines of contestants waiting to audition for a reality show take a look at this story from TMZ. Snooki from MTV’s Jersey Shore is cashing in on her reality fame at the tune of $11,000 a day for an appearance at a tanning salon.
This speaks to the larger issue of fame and why so many people chase it on reality tv shows. If you can gain notoriety or infamy you can use it as a personal checkbook for many years after your show or appearance has gone off the air.
Top-Ten buzzwords of 2010 released on LinkedIn
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Social Media, Social Speaking, Story Telling, Technology, Workplace on December 16, 2010
It’s good to use words that people understand and convey meaning, but at some point, words become so popular, that they lose all meaning. Click below to see a full list of the most over-used words on LinkedIn for 2010.
And for goodness sake, don’t tell anyone you have “extensive experience” in 2011.
Twitter now valued at $3.7 Billion
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, blogging, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Social Media, Social Speaking, Story Telling, Workplace on December 16, 2010
And yet it makes less than $100 million. Is this rational? Time will tell. For the moment, being the industry leader in short-burst world wide communication seems like a winner.
It’s as if someone invested TV and had a monopoly with 90% of the world audience. How Twitter is going to make big money in the future? To be determined???
Rabbit Ears Perk Up for Free HDTV
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Humor, Media, Story Telling, Technology, Voice, Workplace on December 6, 2010
How to watch great TV without cable or the Internet. It turns out that rabbit ears are great on new digital TVS. A little known fact is this: reception of a digital channel (which all broadcast stations are now) with a digital rabbit ears on a digital TV is actually BETTER than the reception you will get on Cable TV due to compression issues. So if you mostly watch network fare like American Idol and Dancing with the Stars, why are you wasting your money on cable each month?
Read more at NYTimes.com
What’s more persuasive, Fast talkers or Slow talkers
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Best Speaker of the Day, speech writing, Story Telling, Student Speak, Training Community on November 29, 2010
I’ve always taught people to speaker slower in order to come across more understandable and persuasive, but new research suggests that’s not the case. It turns out, it depends on whether people already agree or disagree with you what is more persuasive. The results are surprising. Read more at PsyBlog.
Obama is a big hit with voters – in India
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Best Speaker of the Day, Communications, Crisis Communications, Foreign Languages, Government & Politics, Story Telling, Uncategorized on November 8, 2010
Obama is winning new friends in India. His big speech yesterday was well-received. His move to endorse India for a slot as a permanent member of the UN Security Council was a message that generated great press and resonated with the political establishment as well as the public in India.
Now, if only he could make similar good speeches in the US.
Bristol Palin Didn’t Vote
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Body Language, celebrities, Crisis Communications, Politics, Story Telling on November 4, 2010
The producers at Dancing With The Stars must really run a tight ship. Was it the hours of practice and taping that prevented Bristol Palin from voting or was it just an example that the self proclaimed Momma Grizzle can’t even get her own daughter rallied to vote?
As a public figure you have to be prepared to answer the most basic questions about yourself and as the daughter of a high profile politician Bristol Palin should have been prepared when it came to the topic of voting. Someone in her camp of public relations people and handlers should have taken that one extra step to get her an absentee ballot so that she could have avoided the embarrassing situation that comes with having to admit that she did not take part in the election that her mother has been such a part of.
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