10 Things to Help Those Shaky Hands When Public Speaking. I was so bad at shaking my hands uncontrollably when public speaking that my nickname became Shaking Stephens (as detailed in my talk on TED.com here). The shaking went through my hands, into my shoulders and...
How to nail panels? Let’s do a panel they say…won’t that be fun. The majority of the time it won’t. Panels are usually emotionally traumatising for everyone involved, unless you have comedians involved or a speaker using their techniques. As a...
Books talks can be fantastic or an emotionally traumatising experience for writers. You however control more of the elements than you think and a few changes can make a huge difference. Since I wrote my wee book I have done way too may events, especially in light of...
(Originally Published in Inc): 23 Tips From Comedians to Be Funnier in Your Next Presentation Former biologist Tim Lee takes the stage at TEDx for the second time this year. Lee’s medium of choice: the all too often mind-numbingly boring PowerPoint presentation,...
Your at an fancy event and and the host scans the room before a questioning gaze lands on you. Finger pointing expectantly in your direction she utters the words, “you…tell me a funny story.” All eyes focus on you as your mind races but finds...
Rubbish Content Delivered Beautifully Is Still Rubbish. If you take the stage confidently, move your arms around enthusiastically, make eye contact with everyone, smile, maintain and open and welcoming posture, power pose and walk off again without saying a single...
