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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.
Airline security and how it has changed
Posted by TJ Walker in Training Community on September 12, 2011
I am set to travel for a training in Denver shortly and am dreading the always tedious security checkpoints.
The graphic below shows a timeline of recent security threats and why travels need to now remove their shoes and get patted down by TSA officers.
One Slide – One Image
Posted by TJ Walker in PowerPoint, Training Community on August 29, 2011
This is an example of a chart that I would suggest NOT putting in your PowerPoint slides.
It shows both the average salary and employment of Accountants in the US over the past 8 years. As a handout the graphic works, but flash this image on the screen and people will be decoding the chart while you are trying to explain something else.
Training Tip: Abstraction is your enemy. If you are communicating abstract concepts, give extra preparation to vivid analogies and word pictures that can be visualized by your audience.
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Best Speaker of the Day, Body Language, tip of the day, Training Community, Worst Speaker of the Day on March 8, 2011
Training Tip: Abstraction is your enemy. If you are communicating abstract concepts, give extra preparation to vivid analogies and word pictures that can be visualized by your audience.
Media Training Tip: Don’t “dumb” you message down. It takes more intellectual rigor and discipline to communicate in one minute than it does to blab on and on for 10 minutes.
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Best Speaker of the Day, tip of the day, Training Community on March 8, 2011
Media Training Tip: Don’t “dumb” you message down. It takes more intellectual rigor and discipline to communicate in one minute than it does to blab on and on for 10 minutes.
Four Ways to Data Dump
Posted by TJ Walker in PowerPoint, Presentation Skills Training, Public Speaking Skills, Training Community on March 5, 2011
What do you do if you have an incredibly large amount of data that you must present to an audience, but you are limited to a strict time amount of, say 10-30 minutes?
By far, the absolute worst mistake you could make is to do the following: cram every fact you can find into a bullet point and then on a PowerPoint and then race through that PowerPoint in front of your audience. You can guarantee that no one will remember anything you say if you try this technique (though you will be in good company, since this is what most bad-to-average presenters do).
Media Training tip of the Day: If you are going to apologize for some great blunder or offense you’ve committed, do it right away. If you wait a week until after everyone i the world has criticized you, you won’t get any credit for being real or sincere in your apology or change in policy.
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Media, Media Training, tip of the day, Training Community, Workplace, Worst Speaker of the Day on February 22, 2011
Media Training tip of the Day: If you are going to apologize for some great blunder or offense you’ve committed, do it right away. If you wait a week until after everyone in the world has criticized you, you won’t get any credit for being real or sincere in your apology or change in policy.
Communications thought of the day: Every new communication technology completely changes how we communicate with friends and strangers, whether we realize it or not. What was science fiction a few decades, becomes cool, then becomes, obvious, then becomes so woven into lives it is not even noticed anymore.
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, blogging, Technology, tip of the day, Training Community, Workplace on February 20, 2011
Communications thought of the day: Every new communication technology completely changes how we communicate with friends and strangers, whether we realize it or not. What was science fiction a few decades, becomes cool, then becomes, obvious, then becomes so woven into lives it is not even noticed anymore.
What are examples of business jargon or marketing speak that writers and presenters should avoid? -presentation training
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, CEOs/Financial, Communications, Pitching, PowerPoint, Presentation Skills Training, tip of the day, Training Community, Video, Voice, Workplace, Worst Speaker of the Day on February 17, 2011
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What are examples of business jargon that writers and presenters should avoid? -QUORA questions
Michigan Man Demonstrates How Not to Make a Viral Video -media training
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Crisis Communications, tip of the day, Training Community, Video, Voice, Workplace, Worst Speaker of the Day on February 17, 2011
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The YouTube posting, removed from the Internet late Tuesday, shows Emory sitting on a chair in front of a group of young children, playing a guitar and singing a song about having sex and doing sexual things.
Chobani Greek Yogurt Fuses Traditional Advertising Campaign With Social Media
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, blogging, CEOs/Financial, publishing, Social Media, Technology, tip of the day, Training Community on February 17, 2011
Chobani is now undertaking a major ad campaign where they focus on their actual users in billboard and TV ads. Here’s what a spokesperson told the New York Times:
“We did not want a ‘corporate-out’ campaign,” he added. “We wanted a ‘consumer-up’ campaign, to tap into and extend the ‘Chobani love’ that is rapidly spreading across the country.”
Crisis Communications Tip of the Day: If you have to beat up reporters to stop negative stories about yourself, you probably don’t have much time left in power. Plan accordingly.
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Crisis Communications, tip of the day, Training Community on February 17, 2011
Crisis communications Tip of the Day: If you have to beat up reporters to stop negative stories about yourself, you probably don’t have much time left in power. Plan accordingly.
New Obama spokesman Carney steps into spotlight -VIDEO analysis -media training
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Government & Politics, Politics, tip of the day, Training Community, Video, Voice, Workplace on February 16, 2011
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WH’s Carney Deflects Question on Iranian Warships In the Suez.
Communications Tip of the Day: If you are a leader and you have the desire, ability and willingness to shut down your entire country’s access to the Internet, chances are that it’s later than you think and you won’t be in power much longer.
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, blogging, Technology, tip of the day, Training Community on February 16, 2011
Communications Tip of the Day: If you are a leader and you have the desire, ability and willingness to shut down your entire country’s access to the Internet, chances are that it’s later than you think and you won’t be in power much longer.
MEDIA TRAINING TIP OF THE DAY: When getting ready for an in studio radio or TV interview, a producer will often ask you to count to ten for a microphone volume check. Instead say “hi, I’m (your name) and I listen/watch (name of program) every chance I get.” First, the whole staff will appreciate your enthusiasm. Second, they might use what you just said as a promo for years to come giving you a publicity windfall.
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Technology, tip of the day, Training Community, Voice on February 15, 2011
When getting ready for an in studio radio or TV interview, a producer will often
ask you to count to ten for a microphone volume check. Instead say “hi, I’m (your
name) and I listen/watch (name of program) every chance I get.” First, the whole
staff will appreciate your enthusiasm. Second, they might use what you just said
as a promo for years to come giving you a publicity windfall.
U.S. State Department Starts Farsi Twitter feed
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Foreign Languages, Government & Politics, Social Media, Training Community, Video, Voice, Workplace on February 15, 2011
http://www.tjwalker.com -media training, presentation training http://www.mediatrainingworldwide.com
Presentation Tip of the Day: People are watching you before you utter your first word. So give some thought to what people will see. Will you be smiling or frowning, staring at notes or looking at them, standing erect or slumping over, being boring or popping out of an egg?
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, tip of the day, Training Community, Workplace, Worst Speaker of the Day on February 15, 2011
Presentation Tip of the Day: People are watching you before you utter your first word. So give some thought to what people will see. Will you be smiling or frowning, staring at notes or looking at them, standing erect or slumping over, being boring or popping out of an egg?
Public speaking moment of the day: LeBron James confronts his heckler in Detroit
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Best Speaker of the Day, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Crisis Communications, Public Speaking Skills, tip of the day, Training Community on February 14, 2011
by Mike Bako -At this point in his career Lebron James has heard it all from opposing fans. The boos, the cheers, the cursing and through it all he has continuously preformed at a high level. At times it almost seemed like he used it as fuel to reach even greater heights.
So why did he decide to verbally confront a fan in Detroit over heckling that he was receiving? It certainly was not the first time he had heard it from the Detroit crowd. What was different this time was that his small children were nearby and he did not want them hearing the curses coming out of the fans mouth.
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.
Presentation Training Tip of the Day: If you just practice in your head at your computer, what seems like a 20 minute PowerPoint presentation will actually turn into a 50 minute presentation in front of the audience.
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, PowerPoint, Presentation Skills Training, Professional Speakers, Technology, tip of the day, Training Community on February 11, 2011
Presentation Training Tip of the Day: If you just practice in your head at your computer, what seems like a 20 minute PowerPoint presentation will actually turn into a 50 minute presentation in front of the audience.
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