Fearless Presentations
Want to eliminate public speaking fear and become a more poised and confident presenter and speaker? Fearless Presentations is the answer. This podcast is based on our famous two-day presentation skills class offered in cities all over the world. Each week, we offer free public speaking tips that help you develop the skill to present with poise when you deliver presentations. This is the fastest, easiest way to eliminate public speaking fear.
Episodes
291 episodes since 2020
A Few Ways to Make Your Presentations More Interesting for Your Audience Part 1 of 4
We've spent the last few months covering ways to reduce nervousness and the last couple of weeks uncovering a few low-risk venues to practice presenting. For the next few weeks, I'm going to show you how to make your presentations more fun and ...
September 09, 2024
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16:00
Low Risk Venues to Practice Public Speaking Part 2 of 2
This is part two of a two-part series about low-risk venues where you can practice public speaking. In the introduction last week, I mentioned that the absolute best place to practice public speaking is in a public speaking class w...
September 03, 2024
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22:00
Low Risk Venues to Practice Public Speaking Part 1 of 2
One of the most common questions that I get as a public speaking coach is, "Where can I go to practice speaking?" It is usually a good idea to practice your presentation skills somewhere that is more low risk than in front of a big client, or y...
August 18, 2024
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31:51
Reduce Nervousness Just before You Go on Stage
We just finished a series on public speaking fear and how to reduce nervousness during a speech. This week, I discuss how to better prepare for your presentation.For most people, the absolute most nervous part of the speech -- the place...
August 12, 2024
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25:21
Public Speaking Fear - Part 3 of 3
This is part 3 of a three-part series on public speaking fear. If you've been with us for the last few weeks, I started by explaining the difference between glossophobia and public speaking fear. In those episodes, we basically discovered that ...
July 22, 2024
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24:16
Public Speaking Fear - Part 2 of 3
This is part 2 of a three-part series on public speaking fear. If you've been with us for the last few weeks, I started by explaining the difference between glossophobia and public speaking fear. In those episodes, we discovered that glossophob...
July 15, 2024
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20:19
Public Speaking Fear - Part 1 of 3
In the last couple of episodes, I covered the difference between Glossophobia and just normal, everyday public speaking nervousness. In the episode, I'm going to delve more deeply into where public speaking fear comes from. I'll talk a lot abou...
July 08, 2024
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23:48
Glossophobia Definition and How to Conquer It - Part 2 of 2
In the last episode, I covered the difference between Glossophobia and just normal, everyday public speaking nervousness. In summary, everyone gets some nervousness when they stand up to speak in front of a group. However, a phobia is an irrati...
July 01, 2024
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12:44
How to Overcome Glossophobia (An Irrational Fear of Public Speaking)
For the next couple of weeks, I will cover a quick series on Glossophobia and public speaking fear. This week, I explain the difference between the two forms of presentation jitters and give you a few tips to help. Then, over the n...
May 28, 2024
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18:01
How to Deliver a Proposal to Management with Confidence
We are continuing our series on how to create great presentations. If you remember last week, I mentioned how one of the major ways to reduce public speaking fear is to design a fantastic speech. If your presentation is not that good, you will ...
May 20, 2024
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21:57
Create a Business Proposal Presentation
For the last few weeks, I've covered a number of topics about how to create great presentations. And on social media, I've received a few questions like, "What does a presentation design have to do with public speaking fear?" The a...
May 06, 2024
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27:57
A Simple Three-Step Process to Help You Persuade Your Audience
For the last few weeks, I've covered techniques that you can use to design better presentations. We talked about ways to start a speech first. Then, we covered how to design a good presentation. Next, we covered how to end a presentation. ...
April 29, 2024
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31:25
An Easy Way to Introduce Yourself When You Start a Presentation
For the last few episodes, I've shown you how to start a speech, how to design a speech, and, last week, how to end a speech. But before we end this series, I wanted to cover one often-overlooked part of creating a compelling presentation.<...
April 22, 2024
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29:22
7 Professional Ways to End Your Speech
This week, we're continuing our series on how to design presentations that are more engaging for your audience. When your audience enjoys your speeches, they will give you positive feedback, which will boost your confidence.A couple of ...
April 15, 2024
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23:45
A Simple Way to Design a Presentation So You Are Less Nervous Presenting
Last week, we started a new series on how to design presentations that are more engaging for your audience. When your audience enjoys your speeches, they will give you positive feedback, which will boost your confidence.Last week,, we c...
April 01, 2024
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22:21
A Few Ways to Start a Presentation (Presentation Starters) to Win Over a Tough Audience
This week we're starting a new series on how to design presentations that are more engaging for your audience. When your audience enjoys your speeches, they will give you positive feedback. When that happens, you confidence will go up.I...
March 25, 2024
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31:58
Tips for Hybrid Workshops (Both In-Person and Virtual Attendees)
Last week, I recovered a few tips for better virtual training sessions where your entire group is participating through Zoom or Teams. This week, though, I'm covering tips to help you lead better hybrid training sessions. These are sessions whe...
October 09, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 275
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25:42
Best Practices and Tips for Virtual Instructor-Led Training
The last few weeks I've been traveling around delivering a series of in-person training sessions all over the world. And I noticed that when I'm delivering this training in major urban areas like Washington DC, Chicago, New York, and the like, ...
October 02, 2023
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Episode 274
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33:32
Nothing Gets Sold Until the Story Is Told with Steve Multer
STEVE MULTER is a veteran corporate spokesman and trainer for more than 100global brands, including Cisco, Panasonic, Siemens, Fujifilm, HP, NTT Data, and Bayer. He is known as the chief storytelling officer for these and other brands. I wa...
September 25, 2023
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25:15
Presentation Coaching-Do I Need a Public Speaking Coach?
Do I need to get a presentation skills coach? Well, unfortunately, the answer is probably… It depends. A public speaking coach can be very helpful in certain situations. However, in many cases, a public speaking coach can also be a co...
September 18, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 272
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16:08
Proper Conference Room Setup Makes Presenting Much Easier
Today, I'm covering the importance of proper room setup and how the room that you present in will either make you more nervous or help you deliver a better presentation. The way that you set up the room before you even say a word has a lot of i...
September 11, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 271
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30:00
The 5 Most Common Myths About Public Speaking Debunked
On this episode, I'm going to cover a few of the biggest myths about public speaking. These are some of the things that well-meaning friends, family, and even coaches will suggest to us that are absolutely wrong. So, if you are doing any of the...
September 04, 2023
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22:04
Stop the Errs, Uhhms, and Other Filler Words During a Presentation
On this episode, I'm going to cover the dreaded errs and uhms. Yup, those filler words that High School teachers and Toasting Clubs try to eliminate from the speeches of their students and members. However, I think you will be shocked to learn ...
August 28, 2023
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Episode 269
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18:35
How to Organize Business Presentation Training for Your Group
Have a team that needs to build communication skills as a group? Well, just as an FYI, business presentation training is quite different from university-level public speaking classes or what you might pick up at a tasting club. For instance, a ...
August 21, 2023
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22:12
How to Make Boring Speeches More Interesting and Exciting
This week, I'm going to give you my secret to delivering boring presentations. In fact, this secret is the absolute most important thing that you have to know to have every audience fall in love with you as a speaker.I'll give you a hin...
August 14, 2023
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14:14