Public speaking

Express Vocal Tips #2:Move your body! — by Your voice will always follow your body. If your body is stiff and static, your voice will be monotone. If your body is energised and relaxed, your voice will come to life. Before an important meeting or presentation, make sure to wake up and energise your body: Go for […]

Express Vocal Tip #2: Move your body Recently updated !

17 Oct, 2019 in Executive presence / Public speaking / Voice tagged Express Vocal Tips by Maria Wilhelmsson

Express Vocal Tips - Helping to power your voice — by Welcome to this series of Express Vocal Tips to help you power your voice and speak so people want to listen. I will be posting weekly until the end of this year, providing you with easy and actionable ways to get more out of your voice and to speak […]

Express Vocal Tips – helping you to power your voice Recently updated !

10 Oct, 2019 in Executive presence / Public speaking / Voice tagged Express Vocal Tips by Maria Wilhelmsson

Fear of speaking – shifting the spotlight away from your ...

19 Aug, 2019 in Executive presence / Influencing skills / Public speaking tagged confidence / connection / courage / fear of speaking / managing anxiety / public speaking by Maria Wilhelmsson

Engaging and involving your audience in meetings and presentations. Leading effective and interactive meetings and presentations. — by We all know what it’s like to sit through boring presentations and meetings being force-fed facts and figures. We start daydreaming, checking our e-mail, send a text message, or even fall asleep. From the speaker’s point of view, it’s not that fun either. Seeing a sea of blank faces […]

Why you need to involve your audience – and why ...

15 Feb, 2019 in Influencing skills / Public speaking tagged audience engagement / Audience involvement / effective meetings / influencing skills / interactive presentations by Maria Wilhelmsson

Dealing with Q&A, answering questions and objections. — by Many of my coachees ask me how to handle Q&A sessions in presentations or meetings. While delivering a presentation can be daunting, at least you can prepare and be in control of your message and contents. When the Q&A session starts, the big black hole of the unknown opens […]

How to handle Q&A sessions like a pro

1 Feb, 2018 in Influencing skills / Public speaking tagged audience / communication by Maria Wilhelmsson

Sorry, I can't hear you. How to get a louder voice. — by Many of those who come to me for voice coaching want to learn to speak louder. Tired of having to repeat themselves or seeing people lean forward and frown every time they speak, they want to know how they can make themselves heard. It may sound like a trivial […]

Can you say that a bit louder, please?

14 Dec, 2016 in Public speaking / Voice tagged impact / loudness / speak up / speaking / voice by Maria Wilhelmsson

The role of emotion in influencing others — by Already the ancient Greeks knew it: there is nothing such as appealing to people’s emotion if you want to move them towards decision or action. Artistotle, in his principles of persuasion, stated that a strong rationale (logos) and personal credibility (ethos) are not enough – emotional appeal (pathos) […]

Influencing others: The role of emotion

26 Sep, 2016 in Influencing skills / Public speaking tagged audience / emotions / executive presence / impact / public speaking / storytelling by Maria Wilhelmsson

Avoiding the black hole - making your words stick. Being eloquent, memorable, and convincing. — by Listening is draining Did you ever speak to an audience and felt that your words were being sucked into a black hole? That nobody seemed to retain or react to anything of what you were saying? Or were you ever one of the distracted or confused people in the […]

Avoid the black hole and make your words stick

16 Mar, 2016 in Influencing skills / Public speaking tagged communication / eloquence / rhetoric by Maria Wilhelmsson

by Life isn’t fair. Great ideas don’t automatically win over bad ones. Outstanding individuals don’t necessarily get promoted over mediocre ones. Your talents and contributions aren’t always visible to the rest of the world. Life isn’t fair. But could it also be that we are not always fair on […]