Hi Sam! I'm a bit late to this as I am a new member, but I'll say that without a doubt learning and practicing public speaking has helped me to communicate one-on-one in both the workplace and my social life. I used to be a very nervous person when it came to any kind of communication. Too, I used t...
I'll tag along as a late response as well and share my experience, but I learned early on in public speaking (I'm going into my seventh year) that the best laughs I got were with light, spontaneous, and natural humor, which I like to use in my talks often and it's worked well. I tried forcing a joke...
If I were a bettin’ man, I’d be willing to put money on the fact that nearly every (if not every) public speaker will agree that preparation is KEY to giving a good presentation. After all, how embarrassing would it be to get in front of a group of people and give them a presentation full of nervous...