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 Daily Tip
November
07, 2006		 If you can simply re-tell an event you experienced that is relevant to your message, you can communicate to a business audience.

 

 Past Daily Tips
 
November
06, 2006		 If you dictated a press release and sent it out without editing, spell checking, and refining, you may embarrass yourself. If you go on TV without rehearsing, you are doing the equivalent of sending out an unedited press release and you may be appropriately embarrassed.
November
03, 2006		 Don’t waste time getting into rebuttals or fights with reporters. Instead, focus on your message in a positive and deliberative manner and you will do fine.
November
02, 2006		 Don't make goofy faces when on TV, they will overwhelm your message.
November
01, 2006		 If you do have to read or glance at notes, move your eyes down, not your entire head.
   
October
31, 2006		 With a little makeup, many imperfections fade away.
October
30, 2006		 If you can simply focus on retelling an event, you can transform yourself from being dishwater dull to a toastmaster extraordinaire overnight.
October
27, 2006		 When in the studio, ask the producer what the best position is for you in relation to the microphone.
October
26, 2006		 Re-live an event by re-telling what your colleagues said to you at that moment, what you were feeling, where you were, what your problem was, and how you solved it.
October
25, 2006		 There are many aspects of individual communication that are hard to quantify on a strict accounting basis.
October
24, 2006		 If you can simply re-tell an event you experienced that is relevant to your message, you can communicate to a business audience.
October
23, 2006		 Unless you are doing a live talk radio or TV show where viewers and listeners can see or hear the entire exchange between you and the host, you should never engage in a debating or confrontational conversational style with a member of the media.
October
20, 2006		 They don’t have to be about famous people or based in well-known places.
October
19, 2006		 A good speaker realizes it is easier to speak in the nude without being embarrassed than it is to deliver a speech well by reading a prepared text.
October
18, 2006		 Don’t ever make a print reporter wait for you while you talk to a TV reporter print people are very jealous of their on-air competitors.
October
17, 2006		 When you are in the green room before an interview, don’t tell the producer or anyone else everything you are going to say.
October
16, 2006		 Major career advancements, promotions, and being “discovered” often come down to giving one great speech in front of the right person.

 

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