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Why Don’t I Speak Well in Meetings? What Listeners Do to Your Confidence (and how to fix it)

Why does your English, or your confidence, fall apart in meetings? Because the little voice in your head distracts you. Research shows your relationship with your listeners shapes how you speak. Here's how to speak more confidently at work, by taking your focus to the listeners and the work they need you to do in order to make listening easy.

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Slide Away: what's the difference between 'speaking' and 'presenting'?

Unless we’re at work or school, we generally don't use PowerPoint for communicating about the big issues in life.

We sit down with people, face to face, and speak

So why don't we do that with other big issues - in our professional lives? With clients, customers, and stakeholders?

In those situations, we don't speak; we 'present'

I find that most people see 'presenting' as different to 'speaking'.

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Does Public Speaking Have to Be Surprising to Be Interesting?

Unconfident speakers, especially those nervous about public speaking in front of even a small audience, often focus heavily on their content to avoid addressing their delivery. This common public speaking challenge highlights the importance of balancing engaging content with confident presentation skills.

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