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One effective way of increasing your value 100x is through public speaking. Unfortunately, many people don’t grab this opportunity. They are afraid to speak.
Every person has the capacity to change someone’s life. Anyone who has the confidence and conviction to help can do it.
Do you want to learn how to speak with confidence and make a difference in the lives of others?
I had no savings. And I didn’t know how to start.
Pursuing my dream wasn’t a mistake. I could say that the timing was not right. But pursuing a dream is always worth the risks.
My big mistake was really in thinking that all I needed to know, I could get from reading books.
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Public Speaking for Leaders is an online class that helps Filipino leaders learn how to deliver persuasive speeches and high-impact presentations. It is relatively easy to describe a leader. It is changing the world, the ultimate aim of a leader, that is challenging. Public Speaking
Have you ever stayed quiet because you didn’t want to look stupid, then realized you lost a whole week because you guessed wrong? Silence feels safe in the moment. But it quietly charges you interest, especially when you’re new and everything still feels unfamiliar. When
A Filipino motivational speaker can use humor and wit to entertain his audience. A comedian can use his craft to motivate people to do something. But a motivational speaker who brand himself as a comedian while saying nothing is missing out the essentials.
When your starving crowd are accomplished individuals, get an inspirational speaker. They do not need another motivational speaker. They need someone who can pull them to think beyond themselves. They need someone who can inspire them to leave their pedestals and lift others. Medical doctors,
Have you ever felt you had something important to say, but you stayed quiet? Maybe in a meeting, an idea came to you, but you thought, “What if they laugh? What if I’m wrong?” Maybe you wanted to share your talent, but fear whispered, “You’re
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You can prepare well and still walk out of a room feeling small. You polished the deck. You practiced the flow. You kept your timing tight. You showed up ready. Then someone asks, “So what changes after this?” and your confidence wobbles—not because you lack
The point of hiring a keynote speaker is to help you change the mind of your people, to help you paint a picture of something that you have not seen, heard, or believed before. He is your messenger, not your messiah.
Many speakers market motivational speaking like a commodity. So, people think that speaking is a commodity and every speaker is a vendor.
I’ve spent most of my life speaking. To students in classrooms. To executives in boardrooms. To strangers in faraway places who later became friends. And here’s one truth that has become clearer the longer I’ve done this work: Speaking is not about words. It’s not
Get a graduation speaker who can best guide the graduating class. He or she not have to be the most accomplished today. Celebrities attract the crowd, but you must always consider that the speaker must add value to the occasion. Your graduation speaker can be
Be interested with your audience. I bet that nine of ten speakers you’ll met are more interested in their stories than your stories. Ask them questions and they’ll give you answers faster than bullet trains in Japan. Give them opportunities to speak and they’ll be
You must begin now. You can make it. You have what it takes to succeed. This is the heart of a commencement speech. When you deliver a commencement speech, always remember that your audience is now obliged to leave the borders of their comfort zone.
Deliver commencement speeches in under 17 minutes. Take out all the unnecessary and you will find that seventeen minutes is enough to inspire and make a point. As a commencement speaker, you must do your job well. You must do it also as quickly as
Worse than fearing that you are doing poorly is a self-promotion that you are doing well. The first sign of greatness is when a man does not attempt to look and act great. The same thing can be said of speaking. Someone who thinks himself
Most speakers promise “customized talks,” but do audiences really care? Discover why repetition builds impact, what true customization means, and how one lesson from a Philippine bank president changed my approach as a motivational speaker.
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Leaders need more than motivation as we have seen many over-motivated under-achievers in the workplace.
They need skills. They need opportunities. They need the environment to grow.
Confidence isn’t just a feeling—it’s a signal others pick up before you even speak. If you can’t sell your confidence, people will assume you don’t have it—and your ideas, skills, and leadership quietly get ignored. In this article, Jef Menguin shows how to speak with credibility, own the room, and build trust fast.
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