24 Jan 2020 | English Language, life experiences, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking, self confidence, soft skills training, speaking skills
Flight or Fight Response Did you know there is a day set aside for Rabies Day? September 28 is World Rabies Day. As humans, we all know the lurch in the stomach and the faster breathing when we are facing danger. Well…. what our primitive brain has classified...
18 Jan 2020 | English Language, life experiences, meetings, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking, self confidence, soft skills training, speaking skills
FEAR SPIRALS I came across this article How I Overcame the Fear of Public Speaking by Adam Grant recently. My research for more ways to build resources for my clients leads me in all directions. My clients are on every point on their way to speaking in public with...
17 Jan 2020 | English Language, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking, self confidence, Social Grammar, soft skills training, speaking skills, story telling
That can’t be right! Just a checklist? So many people are crippled by their fear of public speaking. It is an activity that is vehemently avoided. (Good description? Head shaking, knees wobbling, breath quickening, heart pumping, moving backwards.) So imagine...
15 Jan 2020 | English Language, life experiences, Public Speaking, self confidence, Social Grammar, soft skills training, speaking skills
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1! My performance career started as an 8-year-old. I was the new kid in school, chunky, smart, different… Sr Ruth asked – who knows how to sing this hymn? Knees knocking, I go up and deliver the first 3 verses of Oh Breathe on meeeee – breeeeeath of...
10 Jan 2014 | English Language, speaking skills
I know, I know late again! Day #9 blog that is being posted on day 10. I was listening to a groups of teenagers speaking with each other the other day and I was jerked into socio-linguist mode for the first time in many years. When I was a furry Masters student at...
