public speaking skills

New Public Speaking Workshop Added

Our Phoenix Business Journal "Speak Up and Stand Out" public speaking workshop is sold out but we just added a new one at Harmon Public Library in downtown Phoenix on…

Public Speaking Tip #40: Ditch the Lectern

By Paul Barton I watched my friend Artesian Kirksey deliver an electrifying college commencement speech a couple of years ago. I had presented the commencement address at the same college…

Listed by the Better Business Speakers Bureau

We are pleased to be part of the Phoenix Better Busines Bureau's "Arizona Speakers Bureau." You can find a listing for our own Paul Barton, as well as listings for…

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How to Create Visual Slides Your Audience Will Remember

By Nayomi Chibana Guest Blogger Motivational speaker Lee Jackson said it best when he exclaimed, “Your slides should be a billboard, not a document!” I couldn’t agree more. Who hasn’t…

Speak Up and Standout workshop sponsored by the Business Journal

We are pleased to once again partner with the Phoenix Business Journal to present our popular "Speak Up and Stand Out" workshop. This session will be held Thursday, Jan. 11,…

Public Speaking Tip #39: Do the Unremarkable with Remarkable Detail

I’m so proud of my alma mater, Iowa State, for the way they've turned their football program around. They’ve defeated two Top 5 teams already, made themselves bowl eligible before…

Vi Living at Silverstone Public Speaking Workshop

Had a great time presenting a public speaking workshop for the leadership team at Vi Living at Silverstone in Scottsdale this morning. About 30 people attended and we covered everything from…

Public Speaking Tip #38: The Right Tone Makes All the Difference

“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” – Carl W. Buechner, writer, and theologian Perhaps more important than the words you say…

Be a Subject-Matter Expert AND an Expert Public Speaker

By Beverly Mahone Guest Blogger I was flipping through the TV channels recently and came across a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author reading excerpts from her best-selling book on C-Span.…