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The Power Pose – Strike a Confident Stance Before Speaking amy cuddy power pose body language tips boost confidence nonverbal communication overcome stage fright power posing presentation skills public speaking confidence Mar 07, 2025

Boost Your Confidence Before a Presentation with the Power Pose

Power posing became widely popular after Amy Cuddy shared her groundbreaking research in a TED talk, where she revealed that assuming a...

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Breathe Like a Zen Master – A Simple Technique to Calm Your Nerves breathing exercises for speakers calming nerves before a speech deep breathing for anxiety mindful speaking overcome stage fright presentation confidence public speaking tips Mar 07, 2025

A long time ago I was enjoying a speech delivered by a meditation master. Forgot his namebut remembered what he said "You westeners are all doing it wrong... when you are inhaling and exhaling, it's n...

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Reframe Your Audience – See Them as Equals, Not Judges audience connection fear of public speaking mindset shift for speakers overcome stage fright presentation skills public speaking confidence speaking anxiety tips Mar 07, 2025

I think this to be the most important speakers tip when it comes to speaking anxiety or stage fright. Seeing your audience as your equals - and seeing the world and everyone / everything in it as equa...

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Embrace the Butterflies – Turn Anxiety into Excitement fear of public speaking mindset shift overcome stage fright presentation anxiety public speaking confidence self-confidence in speaking storytelling in public speaking Mar 07, 2025

Nervous About Presenting? 

Feeling butterflies in your stomach before speaking? That’s a sign that you care! Instead of fighting your nerves, embrace them and reframe them as excitement. Your body's ...

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Lighten the Mood with Humor – A Speaker’s Secret Weapon engaging presentations how to start a speech overcome stage fright public speaking confidence public speaking tips storytelling in public speaking using humor in speeches Mar 07, 2025

Relax, you're not about to do stand up! 

When I say "start with a joke" I don't mean knock knock... 

Just smile and let them see the side of you that enjoys a good laugh. Once I went on stage as the...

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Practice, Practice, Practice – The Ultimate Cure for Nerves how to be a confident speaker improve communication skills overcome stage fright practice for public speaking presentation skills public speaking tips reduce speaking anxiety Mar 07, 2025

The more you practice and go over your material, the calmer your nerves will be before a presentation. Even if you practice in front of your teddy bears! 

The More You Practice, the Less Nervous You’...

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Pitch content map I use with my speakers Apr 22, 2023

If you're reading these lines there might be a presentation, a pitch or a talk coming up your way!

I've been working on sales presentations and pitches for businesses and startups for a while now and...

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Shaping Future Voices
5 min before your talk! Prep using this exorcise!
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5 min before your talk! Prep using this exorcise! Apr 19, 2023

You want to at least appear confident, right?

A decade of experience behind me and I'd still get goosebumps if I didn't know what to "think" or better said how to consciously direct and re-direct my ...

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