tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299877442012-01-20T20:25:06.155-08:00Your Speech CoachHow to improve your public speaking,communication, presentations and story telling abilities.Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.comBlogger721100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-80477405470392038122011-03-13T10:41:00.001-07:002011-03-13T10:41:52.370-07:00Satir's Stress Responders Explanations > Personality > Satir's Stress RespondersPlacater | Blamer | Computer | Distracter | Leveler | So what? Family therapist Virginia Satir identified five personality types in situations of stress. PlacaterThe Placater is first of all concerned about how they will be perceived. Their center of attention is on themselves and particularly on their perception of Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-6029580095611331262011-03-13T10:39:00.000-07:002011-03-13T10:40:06.494-07:00Five Speaking Positions Techniques > Using Body Language > Satir's Five PositionsPlacater | Blamer | Computer | Distracter | Leveler | See also These are body language positions that convey the emotions of Virginia Satirs Stress Responders and are particularly useful for people speaking. They may be used not just to express stress but also in speaking with others to elicit particular resonses.1. Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-8439081590585231792011-03-13T10:30:00.000-07:002011-03-13T10:39:48.651-07:00Emphasis in body languageWhat Hitler Did To Look Powerful and PersausiveUsing Powerful Big Gestures and Emphasis at the Bottom of the Post Techniques > Using body language > Emphasis in body languageYou can amplify the words you emphasize with your body. In fact you probably do without noticing it. A slight nodding of the head. The beating of an outstretched finger. The thrust of an entire body. Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-17377481565697790612011-03-13T09:21:00.000-07:002011-03-13T09:29:41.330-07:00How to Remember Something or How to Make Information Memorable.What makes something memorable. In my presentation skills class I share the imporatance of making something novel and unique. Taylor & Fiske, (1978) indicated that attention is usually captured by salient, novel, surprising, or distinctive stimuli. These may be used to enhance the von Restorff effect.Here is another memory enhancing Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-6913179913628606122011-03-08T07:30:00.001-08:002011-03-08T07:48:23.040-08:00I met my best friend Roy at summer orientation before our freshman year of college. I looked across the room saw this big six four Nordic blond as he turned and smiled at me and said, "There is my lifes best friend." We were so close, our friends thought we were twins. The relationship was so strong, but completely platonic. When I was in my Doctoral program and Roy was working as a social workerPatti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-69030931065073562912011-01-17T13:51:00.000-08:002011-01-17T13:52:47.152-08:00Such a cute photos of new puppy a freind is getting.Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-7069621078272850122011-01-17T12:44:00.000-08:002011-01-17T12:58:32.576-08:00With the snow last week, what could have been a stressful trip to speak in California turned into a wonderful adventure.My friend Charlie snuck through police barricades on North Decatur and drove down scary iced over roads to pick me up early Thursday Morning. Then he managed to get through two more police barricades on iced over North Druid Hills to get us on 285. They had two lanes out of six Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-81453027364685213502010-12-05T12:11:00.000-08:002010-12-13T11:53:06.974-08:00Ophra has her favorite things list and I have my top ten, this year top 15 list of my favorite things for 2010. I just love the products. The products are fun, and some would make great little inexpensive stocking stuffers. The criteria for the list is that I had to discover the product in 2010 and recommend it to a friend or family member who agreed it was wonderful. Check out the blog forPatti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-61568208747195714592010-12-05T11:40:00.000-08:002010-12-05T12:11:35.852-08:00At meeting of the minds last week I asked each member of the group to share their opinion on a story in the news about a husband who shot his wife of 75 years. His daughter called it a mercy killing as his wife had Alzheimer's, couldn't sit up talk, feed or take care of herself or recognize anyone. The story brought up a talk on Euthanasia, a topic we have discussed frequently. It reminded me of Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-12708312796616472502010-09-28T11:05:00.000-07:002010-09-28T11:10:30.530-07:00Get Anyone to Return Your Phone Call. "I appreciate what you done." "Please give me a call and I will fill you in." "I am so excited, give me a call and we will talk about it .""You were right, when you call me we will go over it.""I know your going to love it when you call we can talk about it." Leave a message that in some way shows your apperception, but isn’t clear as to what it is about. Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-83721956384563377782010-09-03T11:51:00.000-07:002010-09-03T11:56:32.537-07:00In my book, "Power Up Your Power Point Presentations", I share the importance of making the first thing you say, do or show your audience be unique. The primitive brain looks for the what is different from the norm. So the first slide needs to be different from what the audience expects. And because of the way the eye focuses on a flat object such as a power point slide, you need to make sure Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-30699368835418157912010-09-03T10:45:00.000-07:002010-09-03T11:02:17.127-07:00Quick tricks to use if you freeze up in a speech or interview. Six great ways to combat speaking anxiety. First here is the video of the Arizona Governor freezing up during a televised debate. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp=38988775�When we are under stress the lymbic brain can make us go into stress triggers Freeze Flight Fight response. What can you do if you freeze up and canPatti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-76589887254776612502010-09-03T10:30:00.000-07:002010-09-03T10:37:48.620-07:00One of my friends sent me the following funny communication humor to me. I laughed out loud as I read it. You may be able to quote this funny joke material in your speech, meeting or training program. Just in case you need a laugh:Remember it takes a college degree to fly a plane, but only a high school diploma to fix one; a reassurance to those of us who fly.After every flight, UPS pilots fill Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-49712514122295946462010-08-29T10:25:00.001-07:002010-08-29T10:25:54.041-07:00"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face."-- Ben WilliamsPatti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-42358279706658125542010-08-29T10:20:00.000-07:002010-08-29T10:21:55.363-07:00Here are free funny lines from my friend Jeff Justices website. Jeff Teaches an awesome stand up comedy class14 Ways To Know If You've Been in Corporate America Too Long 1. You ask the waiter what the restaurant's core competencies are. 2. You decide to re-org your family into a "team-based organization." 3. You refer to dating as test marketing. 4. You can spell "paradigm." 5. You actually know Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-30762876716098202092010-08-06T14:49:00.000-07:002010-08-09T06:22:37.224-07:00This looks like a good bookbook recommendationsTom Rachman on The ImperfectionistsI grew up in peaceful Vancouver with two psychologists for parents, a sister with whom I squabbled in the obligatory ways, and an adorably dim-witted spaniel whose leg waggled when I tickled his belly. Not the stuff of literature, it seemed to me.During university, I had developed a passion for reading: essays by Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-25903191344491197402010-08-06T11:05:00.003-07:002010-08-06T11:05:43.127-07:00What's your advice for getting calm and relaxed before public speaking or an important meeting? One night when I was in Grad School I was nervously going over material for my first presentation on to my body language professor, He was the expert in my chosen field and I kept imagining myself messing up forgetting what I wanted to say and not being able to answer any of the professors question. MyPatti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-19764914998305922682010-08-06T11:05:00.001-07:002010-08-06T11:05:18.556-07:00How do you deal with remote media interviews? Another body language difficulty comes when you’re interviewed remotely and you are talking to a camera and forced to interact with it as if it was a person. That took me awhile to get used to and the bright lights in your eyes in those remote shoots will tend to make you blink. Prepare for those interviews as well so you can stay looking at the Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-38747240783349501392010-08-06T11:04:00.001-07:002010-08-06T11:04:57.219-07:00To help you be aware of your body language and insure you are in sync in a media interview? Practice answering the questions out loud. Don’t just read them off your computer silently. Use you’re the video device on your computer or phone to record your answers so you see and hear your responses and can self monitor. In my experience most journalist and producers have very short deadlines, Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-46468780056007601552010-08-06T11:03:00.000-07:002010-08-06T11:04:33.889-07:00How do you deal with stressful media interviews? When I am working with my media coaching clients I help them prepare. You need to prepare answers for all the questions you can possibly be asked, Make sure you also brainstorm all the questions you hope they won’t ask and prepare a response for those tough questions as well.What kind of body language exudes confidence and approachability in an Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-66595775572917805242010-08-05T15:02:00.000-07:002010-08-05T15:04:05.611-07:00When you survive, when you have suffered mightily, when you are still moving, walking living... everything you do have is pure gravey.Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-59557421066246880032010-08-05T15:00:00.000-07:002010-08-05T15:02:38.733-07:00The seventheenth century English teologian Jeremy Taylor is quoted in Love and Death,'I am fallen into the hands of publicans and sequestrators, and they have taken all from me. what now:Le me look aobut me. They have left me the sun, moon, fire and water, a loving wife, and many freinds to pity me and some to relieve me."Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-50587448597961823862010-08-05T14:59:00.000-07:002010-08-05T15:00:18.750-07:00More from the book, "Everyone suffers, but not everyone despairs."Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-44729773134084806542010-08-05T14:52:00.000-07:002010-08-05T14:59:27.909-07:00Another quote that shows you what you can do when loved ones and freinds are dealing with loss, grief and death, >we know what we've lost. But other people can't face it. They can't talk about it. They're frightened." "They are frightened of us too." "as if we had some kind of disease that they might catch if they got too close." When my father died two weeks before what was supposed to be my Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-76353074989025590542010-08-05T14:48:00.001-07:002010-08-05T14:52:14.394-07:00A few weeks ago the mother of my friend Jim passed away. I have been searching for a book to give him. Something about grieving and loss and hope. Last night a friend read me a passage from a wonderful book on grief called Love & Death by Forrest Church. Here is a quote "My heart has broken again.. and for that I am overwhelmingly thankful; without love this would not be possible."Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-60916561198926820992010-08-03T12:28:00.001-07:002010-08-03T12:55:35.050-07:00Ever notice how what people say about others tells you a lot about them? Happy people talk about their wonderful friend's, how great everyone at work is and how nice the cashier at the bank was today. Angry and sad people talk about how their boss sucks and the co-worker is an idiot and the waiter incompetent. Just think of the telling interview question, "How did you get along with your last Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-6393353860011852342010-07-10T11:13:00.000-07:002010-07-10T11:13:00.458-07:00Technology TipsTeleprompter tool — Ian Griffin Here’s a useful tool you can use if you plan to record a video using a Flip camera or need some way to practice a speech. This Web-based teleprompter application is no-charge. It’s so browser compatible, you can even use it on your iPhone. Once the script is entered it can be displayed on a screen, played at a slow or faster rate, etc. Features Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-68781868902132492842010-07-09T10:43:00.000-07:002010-07-09T11:10:39.749-07:00The importance of a good speaker introduction and how you can control the search results for someone entering your name into Google. I had a very embarrassing moment yesterday. Recently I prepared to speak to a group of CEO’s (all men) on body language and deception detection. I sent my formal speaker introduction out to the client. The day before the presentation I did the last check in with thePatti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-53077447126748572432010-03-12T08:19:00.000-08:002010-03-12T08:21:01.442-08:00I just read a fun article about jobs for people who love to talk.Here is the link. http://www.theworkbuzz.com/careers/jobs-for-people-who-love-to-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-7540Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-22903673815262916562010-03-12T08:04:00.001-08:002010-03-12T08:07:33.306-08:00How do I reduce my nervousness and stop having panic attacks when I get up to speak/If you sign up for one on one public speaking coaching, I can work with you andteach you and techniques to reduce you anxiety.You don’t have to worry about future panic attacks. We can set up a coaching session, talk about what happens in your mind and what goes on in your body, set goals for what you would like Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-9724424944005574782010-03-12T07:35:00.000-08:002010-03-12T07:42:34.817-08:00So how do you become a professional speaker? Just where do you learn the skills and the confidence to become a good speaker?How do I find speaking engagements. If someone comes up to me after I give a speech and asks. "How can I become a speakr and do what you do?" or. if a coaching client comes to me and wants to become a professional speaker and or hone his or her skills as a speaker my first Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-23294433898710407422010-03-12T07:14:00.000-08:002010-03-12T07:21:50.293-08:00How do you introduce yourself to an audience that doesn' know you?In my Three Day Public Speaking Workshop last week each participant practiced giving a "self introduction." If you are giving and internal presentation or giving a presentation you rarely get and a formal introduction. Heck, you are lucky to get an, "And here is are speaker, Joe." It is important to give a credibility statement so Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-38932598728289712442010-03-09T14:35:00.001-08:002010-03-09T14:35:47.709-08:00A few weeks ago I was on TruTV’s “In Session” analyzing the defendant’s voice and body language during his interrogation and the trial. I was doing interviews of Tiger Wood’s apology the same day. My audiences in the last two weeks have been riveted to all the nonverbal information shown in those two cases.Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-80538170159500038462010-03-07T14:16:00.000-08:002010-03-07T14:17:04.286-08:00Quote for the day. I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.” —Abraham MaslowPatti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-52595869379239255532010-02-28T09:54:00.000-08:002010-02-28T09:55:21.689-08:00Attention Getter example I made some "dirt" from crushed Oreos, chocolate pudding, and Cool Whip. I took a real plant and put the pot (base covered in foil) inside a larger pot filled with the edible "dirt". It looked like the edible dirt was what the plant was potted in. After introducing that we would be studying soils for the next unit, I announced that I wondered what soil (humas) tasted likePatti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-65257999339675256312010-02-28T09:37:00.000-08:002010-02-28T09:38:08.864-08:00Speaking can even help your politically the way it did for Queen Elizabeth. Elizabeth didn't just sit down with her la top and start making PowerPoint slides. She was tutored by classical scholars, most notable Roger Ascham, who held the office of public orator in Cambridge. In the Renaissance it was important to be an eloquent speaker, as it revealed to the public that you had a high degree of Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-47984019017591278042010-02-28T09:33:00.000-08:002010-02-28T09:36:40.857-08:00Power of Three - How many points should I have in a speech?Chunk Information so You’re Audience Will Remember It!An audience Sensory memory retains an exact copy of what they see or hear, but only very briefly. Sense memory only lasts for a few seconds in fact some researches say lasts only 300 milliseconds. You need to help your audience get it into the next storage unit. Selective attention Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-43572312299401163842010-02-28T08:13:00.000-08:002010-02-28T08:14:12.918-08:00Power Point Show. This is a tip Power Points so you don't get messed up hitting the wrong button. PowerPoint show — Bill Collier When using PowerPoint I’ve occasionally hit the wrong button on my remote, or hit the “Escape” key on my computer, and find myself either in the Slide Sorter view or some other awkward situation which then required me to grab the mouse and get back into Slide Show mode.Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-1253486565696958602010-02-23T14:05:00.000-08:002010-02-23T14:16:12.078-08:00Nine years ago one of my girlfriends invited me to Southern Voices book festival. I thought rather priggishly that the last thing in world I wanted to do was go to a library in Hoover Alabama and listen to authors speak all day! Having attended the conference for the last nine years I can say that that my favorite weekend of the entire year. The conference is run so well and the authors are so Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-36310932894982276902010-02-12T10:44:00.000-08:002010-02-12T10:45:53.315-08:00How to show love through your greetings and goodbyes.I was quoted in the Toronto Sun today.Here Love signalsSay hello to love.Celebrity body language expert Patti Wood says warm, caring greetings are extremely important love signals for keeping the love alive.“Always make a loving ritual of hellos and goodbyes,” stresses Wood.No matter where you are in the house, drop whatever you’re doing, and Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-85679150245874177472010-02-06T12:15:00.000-08:002010-02-06T12:57:29.989-08:00Haiti: I have a painting I bought in Haiti I call Elvis's children. Painted on a piece of plywood in bold primary colors are hundreds of little black angles with white robes and wings all playing musical instruments and flying in a bright blue sky. The men all have Elvis Presley like side burns, hence my name for the painting. I love this work of art. I remember the sunny blue sky day on the Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-63233089145836158162010-02-06T10:17:00.000-08:002010-02-06T10:30:41.398-08:00Personality Traits of Creatve People.I just read a wonderful article on creative people in Psychology Today. http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199607/the-creative-personality?page=3Of all human activities, creativity comes closest to providing the fulfillment we all hope to get in our lives. Call it full-blast living.Creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives. Most of the thingsPatti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-30071497775304766012009-12-03T06:48:00.001-08:002009-12-03T06:55:12.640-08:00Attention Getters How to start your speech with a Personal or Timely ReferenceGrabs the attention of the participants with something they can identify as “right-now-relevant.” Rather than a canned attention getter, you draw on the moment. You talk about something that happened in the world, your town, the company that day, and relate it to your topic. It makes you look like a real pro.• You Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-49418448390128715602009-10-20T14:01:00.001-07:002009-10-20T14:11:18.229-07:00When you are giving a speech you tend to think of what you want to say rather than what the audiance wants and needs to hear. When writing and giving a speech imagine you are sitting in the audiance. Answer the question the audiance is asking, "What is in this for me?" If you have read my book Easy Speaking or attended one of my presentation skills workshops you know the fundemental principal in Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-6953871692665283662009-10-20T12:53:00.000-07:002009-10-20T12:58:01.709-07:00How to Always Look Young Fashion Musts for Fall.1. The Little Black Jacket: this season the little black jacket is being hailed as, "The answer to every fashion question." My favorite is cropped and fitted just under the bust or boy cut in black leather or black denim. This is look made for us. The little black Jacket can dress you up and make you look youthful if you pair it with a little dress Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-87911919803215515272009-10-20T12:44:00.000-07:002009-10-20T12:52:29.735-07:00Stress Buster Tips. Whether your stressed out looking for a job or finding, dealing with over work or dating. One way to deal with stress is to figure out what you do that makes you happy. Recently I read the book, "Julie & Julia." The narrator is unhappy with her job so to feel more in control of her like she cooks all the recipes in the Julia Child's cook book, "Mastering the Art of French Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-76628454242031401372009-10-02T11:05:00.000-07:002009-10-02T11:05:00.379-07:00Organizing for holiday gift giving and holiday guests.I worked with an organizer years ago and I learned that big, easy to read labels on things it helps you and visitors to your home know where things belong. I use big labels to help my gift purchases organized. have a line of laundry baskets in the attic each labeled with a group. My eldest sisters family has a labeled basket as does my middle Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-91538930197930117992009-08-13T08:00:00.000-07:002009-08-13T08:01:38.486-07:00How to become a good speaker. Create every opportunity to speak. Ask to lead meetings, join a good Toastmasters group, teach at Sunday School or youth fellowship or synagogue, speak at your kids schools. Ask to introduce speakers at your local clubs and association meetings. Introducing speakers is hard to do well so it hones your abilities and it also can be a good political move your associatedPatti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-3133469338153597972009-08-08T09:52:00.001-07:002009-08-08T10:06:07.468-07:00The Last Slides in Your PowerPoint presentationHave you ever attended a power point presentation and unplanned slides or the presenters desk top accidentally shown on the screen at the beginning and end of the presentation? I know it happens. Here are tips to keep your desk top from ruining your credibility as a speaker. Make sure the desktop on the laptop you will be using in your presentation Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-20050915526210006182009-08-08T09:30:00.000-07:002009-08-08T09:38:06.771-07:00Speaker Tips for Dry MouthI just read Speakers Tips Dry Mouth compiled by — Nancy Camp I contributed some of the suggestions and have another blog post with other tips for preventing or dealing with dry mouth.Found in SpeakerNetNews.com Here are several proven tips and techniques performers swear by:• Don’t drink coffee or dairy before a speaking engagement. Coffee is a diuretic and dries out Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-81251044879246114332009-07-17T07:22:00.000-07:002009-07-17T07:24:10.129-07:00We also started a new tradition. One of my sisters is working for and Estate Sale business. She filled a box with old tools like hammers and measuring tape, kitchen gadgets like wine bottle openers, beauty products like nail files and new brush sets that she picked up for a nickel or dim. She passed around the box and we each picked one item out of the box and passed it around then we kept Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-43573292077165124282009-07-10T08:49:00.000-07:002009-07-10T08:54:26.654-07:00Can you make your point in six words or less? Here are some of the entries of a contest sponsored by speakernetnews. I won a little honorable mention. First Place•Give wisdom away; it returns tenfold. (Charlie Hawkins) Second Place•Hope is not an investment strategy. (Douglas Rice) Third Place•Net worth and self worth differ. (Douglas Rice) Honorable Mention (in no particular order)•Customer Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-33532709270467091022009-07-06T06:54:00.000-07:002009-07-06T06:57:07.462-07:00I was interviewed for two journal articles on speaking the issue times are below in the journalist kind thank you letter. Patti, I wanted to thank you again for the interview a couple of months back. As I had indicated, the survey was for an article on speaking I was drafting and I promised to update you on the progress of that article. Happily, the article was completed and recently accepted forPatti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-81833349345190084942009-06-29T15:06:00.000-07:002009-06-29T15:09:49.218-07:00Some of you know that I started college as a poetry writing major and then, when I was 19 discovered body language. I would love you to see the power of nonverbal communication and poetry working together is this video of a woman reciting a poem in Tehran durring teh protests in Iran. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-lundberg/poetry-of-the-revolution_b_221590.htmlPatti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-39788753888231275142009-06-26T09:02:00.000-07:002009-06-26T09:05:27.713-07:00I am on all the social media and find it stressful to respond to someone that emails with a standard request to be a friend or have me link with them without giving me any information of who they are or how we are connected. I also don’t know the polite way to respond when I have no memory of ever having met them. I want to be kind, and I know as a professional speaker, an audiance member is surePatti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-30970890250137399332009-06-25T14:53:00.001-07:002009-06-25T15:06:13.524-07:00Oh my goodness Donald Trump is coming here to Atlanta to teach a real estate course.The man I mention whenever someone wants to know my secret to NOT shaking hands with someone. To discover how to keep from having to shake hands with someone to my body language blog and type in handshakes. http://www.myeducationnetwork.com/fast_track_to_foreclosure_investing/GA/atlanta/47440Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-49634342129866184312009-06-25T14:42:00.001-07:002009-06-25T14:51:21.504-07:00Sunday my 88 year old mother called to tell me that election protesters in Iran where being clubed and gassed. We were both shocked by the event. My mother said the only way the news was getting out was on that new Internet thing called tweat. I knew she met twitter. As a public speaker for the last 27 years I thought how wonderful it is that we have the freedom to speak and share our political Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-4544231610786498502009-06-25T14:33:00.000-07:002009-06-25T14:35:31.113-07:00Some of you know that I speak to court reporters around the county. Well, the speaker who runs the court reporter programs is Jeff Justice and he recently shared the Twelve Ways To Keep From Bombing OK, I misled you a little. The only way to keep from ever bombing using humor is...Not to use it! Of course if you do not use it most likely your program will bomb. Even though no one can make your Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-24943896058502779692009-06-25T13:16:00.000-07:002009-06-25T13:21:25.006-07:00I was just reading a post on Speakernet news about Handling a Noisy or Chatty Audience — Liz Pearson (liz@lizpearson.com) I just changed my speaker introduction and for the first time in 27 years I ask the person introducing me to say, "Before, I introduce our speaker. Let me share with you that this is going to be a terrific program. High energy, lots of information and interaction. To create anPatti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-45491862727498650962009-05-05T15:22:00.000-07:002009-05-05T15:25:16.739-07:00Today an author who is writing a book about "reunions" with lost loved ones asked me to share the story of my friend Roy. We Were Like Twin Souls, Accepting Each Other Down to the Core I would bring back my best friend Roy Moyer. He died of AIDS 21 years ago, at the age of 29. We met at freshman orientation at Florida State University in Tallahassee, in 1976. I looked across the room and saw thisPatti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-45960458896553005862009-04-26T07:36:00.000-07:002009-04-26T07:37:23.887-07:00Here is a link to a fun article on concentration.http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Features/Columns/?article=ConcentrationIsKey>1=27004Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-20374112236880974292009-04-24T11:04:00.000-07:002009-04-24T11:11:56.875-07:00The Preview Frame is the agenda or table of contents for your speech.Many speakers that are in my public speaking workshops or that I coach one on one have problems rambling on and on in their speeches. Sometimes they get pulled off topic by a question, sometimes they meander from the content of a slide to something they find interesting. What ever causes a speaker to go "off point" the solution Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-29788001387089478052009-04-10T12:11:00.000-07:002009-04-10T12:15:34.327-07:00 A Six Word SpeechOne of my professional groups for speakers is having a contest. The object is to create six word speeches. Yep that is correct write your speech using only six words. So off the top of my head here are a few of mine.Body Language – Read people from the outside in.Sales – Tell me why I should buy?Speaking – Inspire me to listen to Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-73334193706039068462009-04-08T08:20:00.000-07:002009-04-08T08:27:05.404-07:00How do you "gently" sell your books as a speaker?I have several books and my own publishing company, “Another Day Publishing.” My best sales technique is to pre-sale books to the client so they can give them to all the audience members when I give a speech.If I don’t pre-sale I tie my signings to my speeches and that works very very well. I find I get more people that will come up and buy a book Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-6916240606596368082009-04-08T07:21:00.000-07:002009-04-08T07:24:51.630-07:00So I just gave you tips to stop bad breath and then I read a great article on what to do with someone with bad table manners. Here is the link to Askabacholor.Guess who’s coming to dinner?When table manners go seriously wrongBy Blane BachelorI recently broke up with my ex, but was wondering something. The whole time we were dating, I couldn't stand the noises he made when he ate. He was so loud IPatti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-77358515268993508952009-04-08T07:05:00.000-07:002009-04-08T07:07:29.757-07:00I have a longer post on bad breath and the social meaning on my body language sight, but a media source today was seeing more cures and preventatives so here is my list again for all the speakers out there.There are long lists of things to do to prevent bad breath from eating lots of fruits and veggies, chewing your food thoroughly to release the enzymes the clean your teeth of bacteria, chewing Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-48437687216109240582009-04-03T06:22:00.001-07:002009-04-03T06:22:49.089-07:00I am one of the luckiest people on the planet. I use to do “shows” as a kid. I would be Herman of the Hermits and sing and dance with my friends and I was Queen of the Cooties on the playground and was the leader of all the games, whether it was who can make the biggest bubble with the bubble maker, built the best fort, or who can make the snowman that last the longest (doesn’t melt first) From Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-20877971614472200472009-04-02T11:40:00.000-07:002009-04-02T11:46:30.676-07:00Here is a rough of story I wrote quite awhile ago to give in a speech, but realized I wasn't ready to share. I am thinking of working on it again.Once upon a time I was living happily ever after. I wake up in a four bedroom house with a big fenced in backyard that my dog would play in. I eat grape nuts for breakfast and joke with my roommate about our latest crazy dream the night before, get in Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-33376671859564118112009-03-27T08:43:00.000-07:002009-03-27T08:45:10.013-07:00How Can You Tell She is in To You. More of Health Magazine InterviewIf you’re physically attracted to a man, you might reach out with open palms or push your hair behind your ear with your palm facing out. That’s a signal to his brain that you’re open to flirting and seduction, Wood says. -Similarly, turning the upper part of your chest toward a person—what Wood calls “the heart window”—and Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-31699364699875636562009-03-26T11:06:00.000-07:002009-03-26T11:09:49.612-07:00I have a group of friends that meets every Thursday night. Over the past three years we have talked about so many things. Each week we bring questions on a slip of paper. We put the slips of paper in the center of the table and someone picks one and answers it and we go around the table and each person answers it. During the "turn" we can ask them questions, but we can't attack their answer. Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-77612984041154203232009-03-15T05:37:00.000-07:002009-03-15T05:55:06.537-07:00Take Away Worry ToolsI am sitting in my office in my peach colored bathrobe responding to a media request. The journalist is asking for things that I do that make me stop worrying about my business and appreciate the richness of my life. Here are my 'Take Away Worry" tools.Today, I am going to get my hair done, have a casual lunch with a friend, walk the dog and go to dinner and concert with Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987744.post-60399551288545531622009-03-09T09:51:00.000-07:002009-03-09T10:17:35.481-07:00Great story ideas for your speeches can come from all sorts of places. I have blogged before that I get great ideas from a media inquiry email that I get several times a day. Media people looking for experts can option into an email listing their needs. Today a journalist from a large magazine was looking for stories of the worst gift you have ever gotten. As soon as I started thinking about it, Patti Wood MA CSP Corporate Speaker and Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258090507305790708noreply@blogger.com0