A Speaking Checklist is great tool to help you in becoming a more effective speaker. It helps you in remembering what to-do and not-to-do when you speak. Here is one…
You heard this many times during conferences. Speakers will test the mic live with the audience and repeat the same phrase or a modified version of it: Testing 1, 2,…
During conferences, panel discussions could be boring or brilliant. They could keep the audience on the edge of their seats or make them leave their seats. The following are essential…
Have you experienced this before? You attend a conference with excitement to gain practical insights to improve your skills only to find the speakers are boring to death. I bet…
How do you build your dream home? You begin with identifying your basic requirements. The number of halls, kitchens, bedrooms and your garden with few tall palm trees surrounding your…
In 2007, I gave an entire workshop on how to effectively deal with Questions & Answers (Q&A) sessions. Before delivering my final remarks, I opened the floor for the questions….
Shut up. Sit down. Get out. These were some of the sentences we kept hearing from few of our schools teachers. No wonder, we hated their classes and wondered away;…
“When I told few of my relatives and friends that I was planning to quit my job and study to attain a higher degree, they all told me to go…
They have a saying in the real estate industry: Location, location, location! In speaking, it is: Delivery, delivery, delivery! No matter how good your content is, your delivery will be…
Who is your best friend? You must have few best friends who you met during different stages of your life. Today, I would like to introduce you to your new…
Would you like to connect better and deeper with your audience? Would you like to hook them with every word you say? And would you like to have a lasting…
When I was 14 I had my only overnight fishing trip with my father and his cousins Mohamed and Hassan; and few imaginary great white sharks. It was windy, cold…
Do you want to make your audience fall in love with you at first sight? They will certainly fall in love with you when you share your 4 F’s: Failures,…
In November 2013, I had the honor and privilege to meet Doug Lipp at Disney University event in Bahrain. Being the Master of Ceremonies, I interacted a lot with…
For every conference there is a STAR! And the undisputed STAR among all the international speakers at the recently concluded 43rd edition of the International Federation of Training & Development…
I had the honor and privilege to be part of the team that hosted Dr. John Gray (author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus) in Bahrain. This…
At last, I met the Remarkable Ron Kaufman who writes, trains, speaks and consults on his area of expertise – customer service. I heard a lot about him from my…
Last time, I introduced you to Dynamic Dave. This time, I want you to meet Poor Peter. When I wrote about Dave, I wanted to share with you some tips…
Dynamic Dave The audience laughed loudly after he uttered his first eight words. The audience loved him after he presented his expensive pen to the event organizer as token of…
What do you remember from the last conference you attended? Think about it for a moment before you continue reading. So what did you remember? Chances are you do not…
January is almost over. So, how are you progressing towards your new year’s resolutions? If you’re not, don’t worry about it. I have a proposal for you. You can implement…
The place smelled like money; the company must have spent at least USD 500,000 on the event. This amount is peanuts for the billionaire investor who has investments in all…