Elevate your Communication: Recent Episodes
Ahmed Shukri
your friendly guide to the world of effective communication and Public Speaking. With practical and proven methods to make your next presentation more effective and powerful
Season 1 of The Power of Words podcast concludes with this special session on the inspirational process and speakers can communicate this aspect powerfully and effectively.
Motivation is a powerful tool that needs proper planning and execution to achieve the best outcomes on the audience. Learn more about communicating motivational messages in this episode of power of words
Desiging, delivering and engaging with the audience using scientific data, charts, figures and graphs can be a very challenging task for many aspiring presenters. On many occasions, the listeners become simply too lost or bored to keep track of the presentation or simply choose to drift away from the main message of the presentation. Listen to this episode to understand some tips that can help you master your next data driven presentation.
Over 55% of the effectiveness in your communication process comes from non-verbal skills. That is why it is very important for aspiring speakers to understand and employ the most effective tools and methods to make the best use of their non-verbal communication aspects such as: eye contact, facial expressions, body movie and hand gestures.
The quality of your voice plays a crucial role in the overall effectiveness of your message and delivered material. No one likes to listen to speakers who sound monotonous and lacking vocal variety. Your vocal profile depends on a few elements that play an important role in defining your profile such as: pitch, volume, rate and timbre and understanding these factors will help you reach a better level of effectiveness in your next speech.
Once your speech objectives are determined and you zoomed into the main parts of the introduction, body, conclusion, you will find yourself grappling with another challenge: flow of the speech. Experts say that the most productive speeches are those that can flow like the river, smooth, seemless and without any stoppage.
Weather you aim to inform, entrain, motivate or inspire your audience, speech objectives are the essential cornerstone in the success of your next public speaking assignment or speech and more care and focus must be directed towards the construction of the most effective types of speech objectives.
Ice breaking speeches are your first step in the long journey of public speaking excellence. This speech can either be a memorable stage in your life or a horrible memory that will haunt you for a long period of time. Listen to my own experience with the ice breaking speech and all the important lessons that I have gained from this experience.
Speech evaluations can be both powerful and scary in the same time, especially if we are asked to provide it to friends or colleagues we care about. How can we carry out our next speech evaluations effectively? What is sugar coating? Can we use the sandwich technique? Join me in this session as we talk about the art of speech evaluations.
Why do we feel that unreasonable fear just before we are about to present our next presentation or public speaking challenge? What can we do about it and how can Toastmasters international help you in overcoming your fear or public speaking
In this session, the rule of 55 - 38 - 7 is explained in terms of the effectiveness of the message, which states that the communication process is divided into the following segments: 55% non-verbal communication 38% voice 7 % content
In this quick session, you will become familiar with a few steps to make your next presentation more powerful and impactful.
The method used here is based on the concept of "SMART" which stands for:
- Selecting the Subject
- Managing the Material
- Adding the personal story
- Retaining Attention
- Tell the Task