The Chicken Eagle – or the moral of the story

published on 03.05.2010 at rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de

<a href="http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2010/05/the-chicken-eagle-or-the-moral-of-the-story/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/eagle-in-flight-300x183.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Flying eagle" title="Flying eagle" /></a>There is a popular story about an eagle which had been raised among chickens as a chicken behaving just like one of them. He doesn´t fly. He picks on the ground to find his food and does all what a chicken does. In the end when a naturalist brings him far away to the top [...]

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The message makes the difference!

published on 19.04.2010 at rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de

<a href="http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2010/04/the-message-makes-the-difference/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/speaker-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Speaker with a megaphone" title="Speaker " /></a>Some people only deliver speeches to hear themselves talk. Or worse: speaker who use the speech as therapy to solve an emotional issue of their life. In these situation gains often only the speaker something – in the best cases the audience is being entertained, but will they learn anything? In the worst case they are [...]

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The PowerPoint Trap

published on 08.07.2009 at rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de

<a href="http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2009/07/the-powerpoint-trap/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/beamer-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Data projector for PowerPoint presentation" title="Data projector for PowerPoint presentation" /></a>Recently I attended a lecture and were able to experience again a speaker who ran into the PowerPoint trap. He prepared his speech with PowerPoint. The slides were extremely full and he stuck strictly to his presentation. What could he have done differently and to be extraordinary? Content of Slides The speaker used unfortunately only words and smal [...]

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Simply explained – so your Granny understands – a great example

published on 22.06.2009 at rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de

<a href="http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2009/06/simply-explained-so-your-granny-understands-a-great-example/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/oma-erklaeren-300x258.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Erklären Sie es so einfach wie Ihrer Oma" title="Explain it as simple as if your grandmother" /></a>At the weekend I attended a demonstration in Munich -- against censorship in the web. This is where I experienced the great speech of Michael Jäger . Thank you for this great example. Michael Jäger presented in a passionate and enthusiastic way. He explained the situation so well and simply as if he explained it [...]

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Does your speech have a purpose?

published on 29.04.2009 at rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de

<a href="http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2009/04/does-your-speech-have-a-purpose/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/zielen-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Female archer aiming at the target" title="Female archer aiming at the target" /></a>So many times I observe speakers who tell a great story – only I miss the purpose in their speech. Especially recently I observed this: as top executive I am regularly the district representative on conferences of the European Toastmasters. Those conferences host the contests for the winners who compete at the European championship. How do [...]

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FlipChart – an underestimated media

published on 21.03.2009 at rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de

<a href="http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2009/03/flipchart-an-underestimated-media/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/flipchart-ideas-1-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="FlipChart ideas" title="flipchart-ideas-1" /></a> Today I step in for the FlipChart. When did you use the FlipChart the last time? When did you use it instead of PowerPoint? I experince very often meetings which are being held only with PowerPoint presentations. How boring. Have you ever taken a closer look to the FlipChart? With it you can directly develop and explain processes. Or [...]

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Do You Move Your Audience? – Example Randy Pausch

published on 13.03.2009 at rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de

<a href="http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2009/03/do-you-move-your-audience-example-randy-pausch/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/randy-pausch-300x225.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Randy Pausch - in Last Lecture" title="randy-pausch" /></a>Extraordinary speakers move their audience. They succeed that their listeners identify with them and convey their content with emotions. One excellent example is the Last Lecture of Randy Pausch. Let´s take a closer look, he uses techniques you can easily use yourself for improve: Introduce the elephant in the room -- clear the [...]

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Presentation Zen

published on 06.03.2009 at rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de

<a href="http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2009/03/presentation-zen/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41iLssLPHCL._SL160_.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="" /></a> Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery by Garr Reynolds You probably know the situation: slides overly filled with text and complex diagrams. The presentator stands somewhere at the side and describes or worst case – he reads it to you. PowerPoint karaoke. (As far as I know this really is being [...]

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Speech-Coach or Toastmasters

published on 01.03.2009 at rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de

<a href="http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2009/03/speech-coach-versus-toastmasters/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/wp-content/plugins/thumbnail-for-excerpts/tfe_no_thumb.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="" /></a>When I talk with my customers about my voluntary work at Toastmasters International then I sometimes see confused faces and they ask: “You are a professional speech coach – isn´t Toastmasters a competitor to you?” My answer is always: “Quite contrary! They are an ideal supplement to my coaching.” – As speech coach I bring my [...]

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One in a Million!

published on 19.02.2009 at rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de

<a href="http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2009/02/welcome-to-speech-coach/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ellen-hermens_speech-coach.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Ellen Hermens, Speech-Coach" title="Ellen Hermens, Speech-Coach" /></a>The new rhetoric blog for executives and entrepreneurs: One in a Million? Read on...

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