Do you know we sometimes settle for ‘good’ when we can be ‘great’? O yes we do. Sometimes we don’t put as much effort into what we do because we think we have nothing (physical) to gain. However, when we invest ourselves into any activity, the knowledge and experience we gain become ours for life. […]
Tayo sat on the visitor’s chair in his hospital room. He was about to be discharged and he was excited. He couldn’t wait to rejoin his football club after being missing in action for four months due to an injury. Though the doctor felt he needed more rest, Tayo managed to convince her that he […]
Let’s consider the dynamic relationship between a Master of Ceremonies (MC) of an event and the public speaker. Let’s use Professor Val as an example. At the event, both of them were public speakers though the nature of their speeches differed. While the MC had the responsibility of overseeing and maintaining the smooth flow of […]
Put yourself in Professor Val’s shoes. What would you do if you signed a contract to speak for one hour and have been paid, yet the audience got tired after 35 minutes? Would you hastily conclude your presentation to please the audience and face possible refund, or would you bore the audience to sleep to […]
As promised in the first article in this series, we shall begin to examine Professor Val’s errors and learn how to avoid them. Recall that we observed last time that our dear Professor worked perfectly by the book. That was not a bad thing in itself, only that we must learn the exceptions to the […]
Professor Val got an invitation to be one of the lead paper presenters at an international conference. He had been working on a research formula for a while and he had received several awards and international recognition; therefore, he believed the audience would be excited to listen to his presentation. He negotiated his fee with […]
We can always help people listen to us by doing the following: 1. Start by highlighting our points: not only does this simplify learning, it also helps the audience to follow our presentation. Scholars and professionals have agreed that human beings assign importance to numbers. What this means is that anytime a speaker makes a […]
“The beginning is the most important part of the work”, says Plato. Plato is considered an essential figure in the development of philosophy. Not only did he found the Academy in Athens, which was reportedly the first institution of higher learning in the Western world, he was taught by Socrates and he had Aristotle as […]