Posts By Jim Harvey
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Is complex language always wrong for presenters? Can you speak Jack?
We all know that there’s a right way to speak in public, when we’re singing for our supper – As professional speakers...
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What will your audience remember?
So what's the point of presenting anything? To make it more likely that they'll remember a relevant, tiny fraction of the message...
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How original are you?
My occasional and much admired colleague, Charles Crawford, shows how using metaphor to make a powerful point, but gently, is an art...
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Female Role Model – Christine Lagarde
Here’s another example of a brilliant woman who is also an excellent public speaker- Featured on Marion Chapsal’s engaging public speaking and...
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Great Speeches- Viktor Frankl uses metaphor and a blackboard to make a point
Here’s how to make a great point with metaphor and a blackboard. Viktor Frankl keeps an audience spellbound and makes a point that is...
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Clegg's conference speech: 1 plus & 2 minuses
I know my Spanish, French and US friends will forgive me for this, but here’s a lovely post from Max Atkinson- Rhetoritician...
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Role Models in Public Speaking- Rachel Willis
Here’s a lady that you probably won’t know. Rachel Willis, of Virtual Studio TV Ltd. Based in Cambridge, UK. She’s a model...
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Great Speech 1- We shall fight them on the beaches
Winston Churchill’s finest hour as a leader came in the dark days of 1940-42. His belligerence and oratory stood out in the...
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How can you ‘connect’ with an audience- Think ‘energy’
There are three types of people in business- Those people who take away energy and enthusiasm from a room- ‘dementors’ if you...
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