Shortcuts to Communication Success

Have you been asked to speak on a panel? I know some people love speaking on panels and they like that group aspect to it. Others, like me, prefer to have a more conventional speaking format and just speak on my own to the entire audience. There are different reasons why we like one or the other. Typically, if you’re on a panel there are a few different things to look out for... READ MORE Go to  w...

Do you have a deadline for improving your speaking? I have a few tips for you coming up if you’re under a bit of pressure to improve your communication in your public speaking. What we’re going to talk about today are some of the areas that you may want to look into if you are under pressure to improve your communication ready for a big moment, a big event, or a high-stakes meeting or high-stakes...

Are you adding the human touch to your speeches? Now, we all know that the robots are here. There’re here and there are going to be more of them coming, but you don’t need to be one. What do I mean by that? Well, one of the things that makes us as speakers different than perhaps using Siri or Alexa is... READ MORE Go to  www.sholakaye.com  for useful freebies, tips and more. Create a speech stress...

Are you the world’s pre-eminent expert on widgets and you have a speaking opportunity coming up and you want to share everything you know? EVERYTHING! Well in today’s video podcast I want to share why that may not be the best thing for your audience... READ MORE Go to  www.sholakaye.com  for useful freebies, tips and more. Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide  5 frameworks to ac...

How do you make your talks more engaging and more interactive? That’s what we’re going to look at today. If you have a formal topic and you're finding it hard to plan in some interactive activities, what’s an easy way that you can use to get people involved throughout?...  READ MORE Go to  www.sholakaye.com  for useful freebies, tips and more. Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guid...

Are you struggling a bit with your public speaking? You are struggling with your public speaking. What’s the difference between those two? Well, in the first situation, of course, I asked. And in the second situation I told. We’re going to look today at the difference between asking and telling your audience and the impact that this has upon them... READ MORE Go to  www.sholakaye.com  for useful f...

When you stand up to do a bit of public speaking, do you ever feel like “oh, I don’t have the confidence to do this… I’m not good enough… I shouldn’t be here…”. Well, today I want to share a tip with you, a little hack if you like, that will hopefully diminish and reduce those feelings of lack of confidence. So if you bear with me for just a moment I’m going to share that hack with you... READ MOR...

When you create a speech or write presentation, do you know what the purpose of it is and you know which of the five categories of speech that it falls into? That’s what I get to discuss today... READ MORE. Go to  www.sholakaye.com  for useful freebies, tips and more. Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide  5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

Olivia James is a Harley Street Therapist who works with people suffering from fear of speaking and who have experienced trauma. Listen to learn how she helps her clients overcome speaking anxiety. Some of the techniques Olivia teaches are visual. You can watch this on video  HERE Go to  www.sholakaye.com  for useful freebies, tips and more. Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide ...

Just say yes. But make sure you know what you’re saying yes to! In this particular case I think you should just say yes to public speaking opportunities because it’s not only an opportunity to speak but it’s an opportunity to grow... READ MORE. Go to  www.sholakaye.com  for useful freebies, tips and more. Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide  5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

Today let’s explore whether you should use bullets to practise your speech or go for learning every word! I’m often asked which approach is better so let’s take a look... READ MORE Go to  www.sholakaye.com  for useful freebies, tips and more. Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide  5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

When you write a speech, presentation or a talk, do you practice it silently in your head? Or do you practice it out loud? Because it can make all the difference!... READ MORE Go to  www.sholakaye.com  for useful freebies, tips and more. Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide  5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

Have you ever thought of employing a coach to work with you to help you get to the next level? This is not going to be me selling myself as a coach, no. I want to share with you some considerations that you might want to put into practice before you choose the next coaching professional to work with you because I had an experience recently that I think is useful to share with you... READ MORE   Go...

Today I want to share with you why it’s so important when you’re public speaking to walk tall. When I say walk tall I’m not saying be conceited, be arrogant, be full of yourself, but have that quiet confidence. The kind that comes from knowing you’ve done the prep, you’re ready to speak to the audience and you’re being your authentic self... READ MORE   Go to  www.sholakaye.com  for useful freebie...

This is one of my behind-the-scenes videos. I will explain how I create videos for my vlog and how I set up my podcast. I will share with you a few bits of hardware that I use...  READ MORE Go to  www.sholakaye.com  for useful freebies, tips and more. Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide  5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

Do you ever have problems speaking up in meetings at work? That’s what I want to chat about today. Years ago, I used to hate being in meetings and I would never ever speak up, to the extent where I was actually cautioned by my employer because they weren’t seeing the value that I was adding. I wasn’t really connecting... READ MORE Go to  www.sholakaye.com  for useful freebies, tips and more. Creat...

Are you exploiting your speaking opportunities? Recently, I was working with a client who had created an amazing opportunity for her herself to get in front of an audience and give her first talk as a business owner. She was particularly ingenious because she was able to get six video testimonials from one talk, six! What she was also very clever about doing is that... READ MORE Go to  www.sholaka...

Do you go business networking? If you have to stand up and give a 60-second pitch that is a form of public speaking. That’s why today I want to talk about what you include in your 60 second pitch. Because sometimes less can be more. I want you to remember this little phrase: if you want to impress, say less... READ MORE Go to  www.sholakaye.com  for useful freebies, tips and more. Create a speech...

This is one of my behind-the-scenes episodes and I want to share how I find time to keep learning. Have you ever thought I would love to learn to do XYZ but I don’t have time? I want to share with you what I do to find time to keep learning. I’m one of those unfortunate types who likes to learn stuff for its own sake... READ MORE Go to  www.sholakaye.com  for useful freebies, tips and more. Create...

This is the second episode of a two-parter, which is looking at humour and some ways you can add a little bit of gentle humour without having to kill yourself with studying comedy or working too hard to get those laughs. In the last video, number one of this two-part series, I talked about poking fun at yourself. In this one, I’m going to talk about how to set up a joke using what we call subversi...

Do you try and add some humour to your presentations and your speeches? Or does it seem like a huge mountain to have to climb to try and be funny and it’s something you want to steer well clear of? I want to share over the course of two videos a couple of simple tips that you can use to be a bit funnier... READ MORE Go to  www.sholakaye.com  for useful freebies, tips and more. Create a speech stre...

I am starting off a new series in my videos my vlogs and my podcast and it’s called Behind The Scenes. While I absolutely love to share speaking tips with you I also get questions about the way I run my business and why I do certain things.  I want to talk about why I have started running corporate off-sites for one person. And that one person is me. I’ve got a small business ... READ MORE Go to ...

Do you use live streaming as a tool to help you with your public speaking? Because if you’re not using it to help you with your speaking you might be missing a trick. A lot of my clients are small business owners who want to get out there and make more of an impact and grow their businesses. Of course, live streaming is a big deal these days because we can livestream on pretty much all the social...

Are you prepared to act it out? Now, I didn’t say "are you prepared to act up and be difficult?", but are you prepared to act it out. An act out is a specific tool that we can use in public speaking to add a bit of drama and a bit of life to our presentations. Why would we include act outs when we present?... READ MORE  Go to  www.sholakaye.com  for useful freebies, tips and more. Create a speech...

Are you prepared to take control? And I’m not asking you to march into the audience, start telling them what to do and become a little dictator towards them. No, the question is are you prepared to take control of your stage area?... READ MORE Go to  www.sholakaye.com  for useful freebies, tips and more. Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide  5 frameworks to ace a short speech.