Vincent Stevenson's Articles in Writing-and-Speaking


  • Accent Reduction And Elocution Lessons For Chinese Speakers
    This article outlines some techniques and exercises for Chinese speakers looking to improve their vocal communication by elocution lessons and accent reduction.

  • Are Communication Skills At An All Time Low?
    Vince Stevenson discusses a recent TV programme where one of the main characters searching for a 100,000 job gives a poor presentation and effectively destroys his personal credibility.

  • Avoiding Distractions In Public Speaking
    The theme of this keynote article is to recognise the effects that distractions can have on your audience. We all have our verbal foibles, but once we are aware of them, we have the opportunity to either manage or ideally eliminate them. Supreme clarity should be our clear objective.

  • Banishing The Fear On Making A Speech
    This article describes tips and techniques on overcoming nervousness when presenting to a live audience. Never feel those nerves again...

  • Confident Business Presentations
    Some simple suggestions regarding the preparation of a successful speech. Focusing on your audience will help you get your message across. Ignore your audience at your peril.

  • Developing A Quality Speaking Voice
    Vocal development should always be at the heart of anybody's desire for career progression. Your voice is your signature and the path to a confident liaison with your friends, customers and clients.

  • Fear Of Public Speaking And How To Overcome It
    This short article provides useful tips on overcoming the fear of public speaking. There will be subsequent articles from the same author on this awkward subject...

  • First Impressions - Vital Seconds
    First impressions count - no more so than in training where you encounter an endless stream of impressionable students. How do we do it? What are the secrets to success?

  • How To Create Rapport With Your Audience
    Winning over your audience is a key skill for any speaker, and you do not have long to make that winning impact. Your audience is your major concern. Without an audience, who needs a speaker? This article gives some tips and advice on how to grab them from your opening statement.

  • How To Deliver A Vote Of Thanks
    We are oftem called upon at short notice to deliver a vote of thanks. This can be a little frightening for the uninitiated and there are a few rules and conventions which when known, can ease the fear and even make somebody confident to get it right first time.

  • How To Structure A Speech
    Have you ever wondered why people stop listening to your speech after two minutes? Perhaps they're confused... Where is this speech going? If you did not tell them at the outset you'll have an enormous job to retrieve them. If you need advice on structuring a speech, it's all in here.

  • Introducing The Speaker
    How to encourage and maintain the enthusiasm of the audience when introducing a speaker. Speaking tips used by the pros. Create a great rapport with the audience

  • Life Long Learning And Interview Skills
    Interview Coach Vince Stevenson dicusses the role of life long learning in this ever changing world and global economies. Investing in your personal development in your own time and at your own expense is a good strategy to make your CV stand out from the crowd...

  • Pause, Power, Effect
    This article provides a simple exercise to help speakers develop the use of the pause. The pause is one of those tools utilised regularly by superb speakers. To move to the next level, the pause must be used to full advantage...

  • Planning And Preparing Your Interview Success
    Planning and preparation for your next interview has never been more important. The recession has created a buyers' market and you'll only gat that job if you tick all of the boxes...

  • Professional Speaking And Personality
    In this short article, Vince Stevenson explains why it's essential that all effective speakers make the most of their personalities when performing in public...

  • Public Speaking And The Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010
    How to make a major positive difference to your audience and why public speaking should once again become an Olympic activity.

  • Question And Answer Sessions
    Handling Q&A sessions is a key skill to master for all presenters. A great presentation can easily be ruined by the way you interact with your audience. This article gives specific assistance in how to tread through the mine field of question and answer sessions.

  • Speaker Preparation - The Key To Success
    In so many aspects of life, preparation is the key to success. Actors would not appear on stage without rehearsal, nor singers. So why do so many business people risk their professional reputations with poor speeches and presetations? Discover how to do a good job and enhance your reputation here.

  • Speaking Persuasively
    Speaking persuasively is every speaker's aim. We must look to first change people's thought processes before any real physical changes in behaviour can be affected. So what must we do to get inside of people's heads?

  • Take The Pressure Off Yourself As A Speaker
    This article is one of several in helping people overcome the fear of public speaking. The theme of this article is by taking pressure off yourself by...

  • The Dos And Dont's Of Ms Powerpoint
    How to get the best audience experience from your use of MS Powerpont. Incorrect use of Powerpoint gives public speaking and effective communication skills a bad name. How many times have you sat through an endless slide show?

  • Use Your Voice To Wow The Audience
    A short article identifying some tips and suggestions on how best to make the most of a speaker's voice. Although the voice is the speaker's primary tool of communication, it is often overlooked by the speaker because they are focusing on the content of the presentation.

  • Why Does Your Vocal Variety Let You Down?
    Your voice is your vocal signature. It is both unique and extraordinarily valuable to you. If your work is primarily with people, it's worth time investing in your voice, simply because it's the key to your success. Many people dislike the sound of their own voices and there are many reasons for this. The good news is that ...

  • Win Over The Fear Of Public Speaking
    This short article explains why 90% of people would rather die than stand up and make a speech or presentation. The fear of public speaking is ever present, but there are self-help strategies as well as speaking organisations that can help you to overcome the fear of public speaking.

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