speaking with heartAre you giving presentations from your heart? No …really …

I don’t mean intending to, I mean LIVING your presentation. Not worrying about how you look or sound. Not worrying about the next perfect phrase that shows how smart you are or how hard you worked on writing it. Or the types of phrases that will win the speech contest because you’ve heard others use them.

Smooth, mistake-free presentations are boring, Speaking from the heart, as YOU, is exciting, meaningful, and memorable.

I know you spent hours writing your speech. But your audience isn’t reading it, they are hearing it and seeing it.  And they are sizing you up: “Is this person real? Does this speaker care if I “get it” or is this a data dump and I’m on my own?” Or do you care more about how smooth and “professional” you look up in front of the group.

Believe in your material and your expertise and let it show.  Audiences want real, they want more ….. of something…. and if you know you’re audience, you’ll know what that is.

How do you bring your ‘real’ alive while on stage?