by Trish Springsteen | Oct 13, 2009 | Communication, Public Speaking
One of the things I really like about travelling is the plane travel. It is a great opportunity to catch up with all those movies you haven’t had the time to see in the normal hectic day to day life. Especially when you can choose from 20 or more movies! For the last...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 1, 2009 | Communication, Public Speaking
We know that communication is designed to pass on our ideas, opinions and thoughts to others – to share our knowledge and to persuade others to our point of view. But in a business sense there is much more we need to consider when we are giving a presentation designed...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 29, 2009 | Public Speaking, Training, Women in Business
At a recent personal coaching session I was amused to hear that the main thing the client wanted was to “Startle, Dazzle and Amaze them!” – Oh! Don’t we all!!She was very happy with the body of her speech; she felt that she had the ideal arguments to convince her...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 24, 2009 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
Yeah like that is going to happen. Let’s be perfectly honest between ourselves, we probably haven’t ever told anybody “all about ourselves” and that includes spouses and best friends. So let’s have a discussion on disclosure.Most of us have a real problem with ‘self...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 22, 2009 | Communication, Public Speaking
2000 years ago an ancient philosopher (Zeno of Citium – if anyone asks) once said “We have been given two ears but a single mouth in order that we should hear more and talk less”. And of course it is still as relevant today as it ever was.Often we interchange the...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 15, 2009 | Public Speaking
One of the most common reason people want to know more about public speaking is to “organise their thoughts”. When we do a quick survey of why people attend our workshops, this comes right after “becoming more confident”It is, of course, a result of misunderstanding...