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Question by lanvinette: What’s a great “token of thanks” for this speaker we have for our college leadership event?
The event is somewhat business oriented so maybe the suggestion could be generally appreciated by the people in the corporate world.

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Article by Randshan J. Saldin

Anyone who has ever served in the military remembers their first encounter with the drill instructor, because within this instrument of military training exists a leadership speaker and motivational speaker rolled into one. The concept of getting an otherwise apathetic individual or someone with a short attention span to listen and act is much easier said than done. However, once a basic trainee observes the technique employed by their instructor or “speaker” they are likely to remember, absorb, and yes, respond to the mentor in a way that is truly effective and remarkable. So, what is it that separates the mediocre instructor from the pro? One could combine a number of qualities into a convenient word: “Charisma”. That may sound rather theatrical in describing a drill instructor, but yelling, threats and screaming aside, the manner by which an effective speaker holds the audience is best put into subcategories that include humor, verbal and visual persuasion, along with demonstrations designed to draw the interest of the formerly “neutral” audience. A good speaker will use examples that can easily be visualized in the mind of the audience or supported with actual visuals or demonstrations which leave little to the imagination.

Let us refer for the moment to the motivational speaker who motivates using “infotainment” – making the subject matter that much more interesting. The most important element in this aspect of infotainment is the novelty added to fact so that a future correlation can be constructed in the mind of the observer. In example, a speaker from the American Cancer Society illustrated cancer deaths caused by cigarette smoking as “It’s like two Boeing 747 Jetliners carrying 300 people each, colliding in midair and killing every person aboard, every hour, 24 hours a day every day all year.” This style of presentation amounts to a dramatic translation of otherwise stating that smoking is responsible for “X” number of deaths every year. It is a shocking illustration, and much more effective and certainly more memorable than a boring statistic.If the speaker has the kind of verbal style and body language that is capable of capturing the crowd, we conclude that this speaker has the elements necessary to project “charisma” and thereby hold an audience.

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Article by Randshan J. Saldin

It has become quite apparent over the years that the leadership speaker and the motivational speaker are here to stay and with good reason. Many different businesses hire such individuals on a daily basis all around the world because of the benefits that they bring to the business itself and the staff employed in the company. The leadership speaker and the motivational speaker play a pivotal role in many big businesses and the benefits they bring really cannot be overstated. The leadership speaker and motivational speaker serve to inspire the staff and inspired people to perform their functions better. They are admired for the powerful insights and use their words carefully to help them inspire the people to whom they are speaking to. One of the key attributes of the leadership speaker and the motivational speaker is that they ensure quick results. Many businesses involved in sales will go on record to say that they have noticed a marked and significant increase in sales figures when their staff has listened to a good speaker. But it is not only businesses and their staff that benefit from these speakers. Colleges and schools who hire such individuals also notice a better performance in their student’s work.

Essentially the speakers have to believe wholeheartedly in what they are saying in order to be effective. When they are passionate about what they are speaking about this comes across to those who are listening to them. This one fact is what separates a great speaker from one who is not.

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Article by Brent Filson

PERMISSION TO REPUBLISH: This article may be republished in newsletters and on web sites provided attribution is provided to the author, and it appears with the included copyright, resource box and live web site link. Email notice of intent to publish is appreciated but not required: mail to: brent@actionleadership.comWord count: 879Summary: The author asserts that presentations and speeches are the least effective means of leadership communication. There is a much more effective way: the Leadership Talk. In this three part series, he describes underlying principles of the Leadership Talk and ways to help develop and deliver it. Turbo Charge Your Career With The Most Powerful Leadership Tool Of All: The Leadership Talk (Part One)By Brent FilsonLeaders speak 15 to 20 times daily. You speak at meetings, you speak across their desks, you speak on the phone, you speak in e-mails, you speak at lunch, beside the water cooler, and on elevators, etc. It’s in the interaction of those speaking encounters, multiplied daily, month in and month out, year in and year out, that you become a successful leader or not.If those encounters are defined by Leadership Talks instead of presentations/speeches, the effectiveness of your leadership will be dramatically increased, not only in your job but in your career. Here’s why: There’s a ladder of verbal persuasion. The lowest rungs (least effective)of which are presentations and speeches. Primarily, they communicate information. But the highest rung, the most effective way to communicate as a leader, is through the Leadership Talk.The Leadership Talk not only communicates information. It does something much more. It has you establish a deep, human, emotional connection with people

Question by mike: In his leadership position, the Speaker must tend not only to the House as a whole, but also to?
A) his party in particular
B) the Senate
C) the Congress as a whole
D) the Vice President

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Article by John Beede

Do you need to locate a motivational speaker who is an expert in leadership skills training?

If you’re involved in an organization that wants a inspirational speaker who can encourage and inspire the dormant leadership attributes inside the members of of your crowd, this report will reveal to you how to locate a keynote speaker who can bring that out of them.

Leadership inspirational speakers can be vital for your company. Even so, the right speaker can additionally be somewhat hard to find. It is quite irritating to end up with a keynote speaker who doesn’t deliver. Your conference will bomb and the attendees will be left disappointed and the organization’s investment will provide no useful returns.

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Article by Trevor Hill

It is an astonishing fact – repeatedly shown in numerous surveys – that two-thirds of the workforce are not engaged in their work. Imagine the magnitude of lost productivity and innovation this represents! It also lies at the heart of much workplace strife and it denies workers any chance of true satisfaction from their working life. It begs the question – what causes this lack of employee motivation?

No doubt the responsibility is shared – the workers may have limited vision and aspiration. They also inherit decades of conditioning which implies that work is something that has to be endured and that effort should be limited to the minimum. It’s no accident that there are many more negative terms for work than positive ones.

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If you want to be an effective leader, then you must exercise great personal leadership skills first.

Since I use photography to more effectively communicate concepts in my leadership skills training speaking programs, let me give you a photography analogy…

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