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		<title>The Voice of Public Speaking Survey 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spend a lot of my time looking for insight into how the world feels about public speaking, how we do it, what we say and why (oh why?) do so many people fear it? The Web is awash with lots of anecdotal evidence, but very few statistics on the subject. It&#8217;s time to change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opening a speech: Step-by-step</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is it, the moment you've spent weeks writing, rehearsing and refining your speech for.

The audience falls silent, every pair of eyes in the room turn expectantly to you.

5,4,3,2,1.

Now what?

Opening a speech isn't rocket science, but it is similar to a rocket launch in that if don't get it right, the rest of your speech won't get off of the ground.

So what should the perfect opening of a speech include?]]></description>
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		<title>What am I reading about speaking in 2013?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I usually get asked two questions when it comes to public speaking books. What would you recommend reading to help my public speaking? or What are you reading about public speaking right now? I&#8217;ve covered what I would recommend reading in previous blog posts. So this post answers the second question &#8211; what am I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking at Business Works 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was incredibly proud to be asked to speak at Business Works 2013 on the Morale Margin and boosting the motivation of our teams in a recession. Business Works is a business exhibition for the Solent region and it was great to see so many ambitious organisations in one location &#8211; all with a positive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Alternative Moon Landing Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s something a little different – the most famous speech that was never delivered. Below is the script for an alternative speech to the one given by Nixon during the first Moon landing in 1969. This would have been the speech we all would have heard had the Moon landing gone awry. The speech itself, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presentation skills coaching for students</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new year has brought a new offering from Rich Public Speaking – a unique one hour training session designed specifically to help students improve their public speaking and presentation skills. A good presentation and delivering your message well can really boost your grades by making it easier for your audience (and examiner) to understand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing with nerves when public speaking &#8211; beyond breathing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was asked the other day about my top tips to avoid nerves when public speaking. A lot of the people that I work with on their public speaking are beyond the simple recommendations of ‘take deep breaths’ and ‘imagine everyone naked’ and so more often than not my recommendations for dealing with nerves are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recycling speeches and respecting your audience</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recycling is cool, unless you’re recycling speeches. I recently had the misfortune to sit through a speech that had clearly been recycled. The delivery was second to none, the timing perfect and the presenter suitably charming. But the impact was zero. Why? Because I, and everyone else in the audience, quickly realised that we had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing a contest speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 1. I have the ‘brief’. To write an inspiring and motivational speech for a modern business audience. Seven and a half minutes. Visual aids and props optional. The competition, the UK Business Speaker of the Year contest. The top prize, two thousand pounds. I had a read of the rules, researched the competition. Viewed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring how we write speeches</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a fascination with the ways in which people write, learn and rehearse speeches and presentations. The process is a very personal one, and although we all go through many of the same key tasks such as brainstorming, drafting and editing when writing a speech, the speed and way in which we complete the [...]]]></description>
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