How Not to Start Your Speech: 10 Presentations Mistakes You Can Avoid

How not to open your speech presentation

The beginning of your speech is the first impression for your audience. You want to convey a positive message because that determines how they initially judge you and your message. It might even determine if they will listen.
Don’t start your presentation with these mistakes.

Presentation Tips from Executive Speech Coach – Videos

Presentation tips videos from speech coach

Presentation tips from George Torok, The Speech Coach for Executives.

Enjoy these tips, presented in the following 6 videos, to improve your presentation skills. Five of these videos are under 90 seconds. Add your comments and questions below.

3 Creative Ways to Engage Your Audience with Questions

Engage audience with questions during presentation

Are you making the best use of questions to boost audience engagement? Are you aware of the three distinct ways you can leverage questions in your presentation?
Did you know that questions engage your audience significantly more than statements? You can deliver a more engaging presentation when you use these three types of questions throughout your presentation.

Master the Pause to become a Better Communicator

Master the pause when public speaking

The pause requires self-discipline and self-confidence. To master the pause, you must become comfortable with both silence and uncertainty. Silence can feel discomforting for the speaker. Strangely, the pause might generate uncertainty for the speaker.

Effective Executive Speaking

Effective executive speaking training program

Effective Executive Speaking at the Canadian Management Centre in Toronto with George Torok and John Robert Colombo. Presentation training for executives in Toronto. George and John delivered this program for 12 years while working with hundreds of executives and senior leaders to enhance their executive speaking skills.

Executive Speech Coaching

Speech coaching for executives George Torok

As a leader how can speech coaching help you? Your coach can help you deliver a powerful and convincing message when you speak