It Was Worth to Sleep 5 Hours
As soon as I arrived to the conference venue, I was welcomed by a lady in charge of VIP and speakers. She seemed happy to see me & asked me enthusiastically if I knew in which seminar room my talk would take place. “Yes. Seminar room 3 & it is tomorrow” I said. “Great! I am now taking you to the VIP/Speakers lounge so that you can eat or drink something.” she added. One part of me longed for breakfast in the lounge. The other half of mine responded: “Thank you. Actually, I would like to directly go to the keynote area to listen to the keynote talk.”,
Last year, I received a LinkedIn message from a consultant I didn’t know. The consultant said that he would include executives from different countries as he would start working on a global scale research. At first glance, I wondered if something important was going to come out of it and I even doubted the reality of the issue. As I learned the details, I became more curious and found myself in a global study.
Since the very first day I started working in the training & development field, one of the most requested training topics is “Effective Presentation Skills.” The most important reason of this is that speaking in front of an audience is a common fear of us. We all want to be liked but in the mean time ask ourselves the question: What if I am not?
Fortune Magazine conducts a survey entitled “World’s Most Admired Companies – WMAC” annualy and rates the companies according to their reputations. Even though the ranking and the names of the companies in the list change year by year, there are some companies who persistently stay in the list. (To access the list of 2014 please click
My suggestion may be; choosing commonly used words as if it is not a speech but a conversation between you and the audience. If the words we use are too terminological, it may be hard to follow for the others.