Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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“I Can’t Come Up With A Topic!” How to Energise Your Speech Ideation Process
“I Can’t Come Up With A Topic!” How to Energise Your Speech Ideation Process What is the toughest part of public speaking? Speaking before the crowd and finally delivering your content may not be the most difficult part of being a speaker. When you have your content locked down and memorised, delivering the […]
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A Last-Minute Students’ Guide To Presentations
A Last-Minute Students’ Guide To Presentations Making your presentations count! I feel you. I’ve been there. You (and your teammates) have poured your heart and soul into this project; spending an excruciating number of hours on vigorous team discussions, crunching the numbers, contriving the final report. With all the tremendous effort expended, it […]
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How To Break Out Of Your Comfort Zone – For Shy Budding Presenters/ Speakers
How To Break Out Of Your Comfort Zone – For Shy Budding Presenters/ Speakers “Are you satisfied with the level you’re at now?” – this genuine and thought-provoking question plunged the then 18-year-old me into a deep self-reflection, “Can I be better?”. Back then, I was a budding speaker, very much contented with […]
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National Public Speaking Competition 2019 – A Review of the Qualifying Rounds 2019
National Public Speaking Competition 2019 – A Review of the Qualifying Rounds 2019 Last week, I had the privilege of taking up the role of Contest Chairperson for one of the sessions in the Qualifying Rounds of the National Public Speaking Competition 2019 (Secondary Category) on 22 and 23 October 2019 at YMCA […]
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A Public Speaker and a Horse Walk into a Bar – How to be Funny?
A Public Speaker and a Horse Walk into a Bar – How to be Funny? There are many techniques and tips on capturing and engaging your audience’s attention. One of the most effective technique involves the use of humour in your presentation. We know, though, that being funny is easier said than done, […]
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Ready, Set, Go! How to Help Your Child Craft Their First Speech
Ready, Set, Go! How to Help Your Child Craft Their First Speech In-class presentations and project work are becoming the key opportunities for your child to start experiencing public speaking from a young age. These presentations help to nurture students into confident critical thinkers and communicators. One of the experiences we hear from […]
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“The Next Message I Wish to Share is … Er … Umm … And So …”
“The Next Message I Wish to Share is … Er … Umm … And So …” How to Reduce Those Dreaded Pause-Fillers Most, if not all, of you would have heard of the dreaded “pause-fillers”. You are smoothly delivering your speech when out of nowhere, a wild “umm” jumps in and derails […]
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How To Keep Your Presentation On Time
How To Keep Your Presentation On Time Now, one of the first important lessons that I learned as a speaker, was time management was more than just a good habit, but time management is really the responsibility of every speaker who has to present a speech or presentation. Now, the additional 2 […]
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Competition, Courses or Class? – The Best Place to Learn Public Speaking
Competition, Courses or Class? – The Best Place to Learn Public Speaking It is a common experience in our role as public speaking trainers to have parents asking whether public speaking, as a skill, is best taught through a course, in school or by joining a competition. The answer is not that straightforward – […]
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