Public speaking can feel like a performance, but it works better when you treat it like giving a gift—something useful people can take home. In this article, Jef Menguin shares how that mindset removes pressure and helps you focus on serving the audience, not impressing
Public speaking turned my life around. But I never thought I would be a public speaker one day. When I was young, I dreamt of becoming a doctor, an architect, and an engineer. In high school, I thought of becoming a lawyer, and then a
Public speaking fear is real. To deny it is ignorance. To say that one can eliminate public speaking fear is a disservice. You don’t become a fearless speaker because fears are always present, and they won’t go away.
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Is public speaking a skill? I am often asked this question by students. I will try to answer to encourage my readers to invest time in public speaking. One purpose of this website is to help you develop your public speaking skills. Public speaking is
Public speaking is an art. I will tell you why and it is my hope that you will engage yourself in learning and enjoying public speaking.
Awesome persuasive speeches make people buy even before you sell. A speaker who delivers persuasive speeches finds ways to help audiences solve painful problems and let them see new opportunities.
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Here are straightforward and honest answers to the most common public speaking questions. Lots of people want to learn how to become influential speakers. I believe that by answering their questions, they’ll be able to pay attention to essential ideas. You can learn how to
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I will teach you easy, enjoyable, and proven ways to speak to anyone, anytime and anywhere. Public speaking is easier than most people believe.
People are afraid to fail, but their fears make them fail even before they start. A motivational speech can help you make the first step, the second step, the third, and more steps until you gain momentum and fly.
If you want to get started in public speaking, stop treating it like a stage skill—because speaking up in meetings, pitching ideas, and leading conversations already shapes your career. In this article, Jef Menguin shares a practical starting path that helps beginners build confidence through preparation, not perfection. Practice it and share it at work so more people speak with purpose and move decisions forward.
A plant manager in Sta. Rosa delivers great presentations—but nothing changes. Learn the simple shift that turns polite listening into real commitment, plus a WIIFM tool you can use in your next talk.
When I first ventured into the world of professional speaking, I felt like a little fish in a big pond. Over time, and hundreds of speeches later, I’ve picked up a trick or two to calm those butterflies and truly connect with my audience. You
Connect rather than impress. The shortest distance between two persons is authentic communication. A person who always aims for an impression is insecure. And maybe you are. You cannot erase insecurity by showing off. A show-off is deemed selfish. Everyone will smell you. The wiser
You are just one talk away to change the world. You have stories to tell that only you can give. Don’t let your story die in you. Don’t let your story die with you.
You speak in clubs only to share what you’ve learned from each project. And if you are like me who pay more attention to learning than earning badges, you can play bigger.
How can you do it?
Just keep this in mind: don’t deliver a script when delivering a speech in public.
Speaking is a conversation. Keep your eye contact. Use gestures, facial expressions, and body movements to amplify your message. You cannot make your speech visual if you read your speech.
Toastmasters are encouraged to invite guests to club meetings. We share the benefits that membership offers. Toastmasters gamified recruitment of new members. A club earns two points in a ten-point system when 8 guests sign up for membership. Some officers take it as their personal
To evaluate is to appreciate the value of what you have seen, heard, or felt from the speech delivered before you. I used the word appreciate. Because whatever appreciates increases in value. And that’s what happens in many Toastmasters meetings. We try our best to
Learning to speak in Toastmasters is a DIY project. I will advise people who need teachers before they can learn to join a Speaking school instead.
Table Topics is the impromptu speaking segment of Toastmasters. Members of the club are called to speak about topics that they only have seconds to prepare.