This is a guest post written by a new online friend of mine, Perrine Oh. He found The Public Speaking Blog via The FAQ Book on Public Speaking and later initiated a really thoughtful email. To cut the long story short, I read 10 entries he wrote in one seating. My conclusion - this guy can write! And one of the articles that stood out is the one that you are going to reading right now. Perrine, take it away!
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Can you believe it?! This blog has survived for yet another year! I once read somewhere that 4500 blogs are created everyday and almost 80% of them never lived through first year. That’s why I think it is absolutely legitimate to kick a BIG FUSS for being around for 730 days!! Judging from the number of exclamation marks I have used in one line, you can tell how excited I am. C’mon, I wasn’t even that excited about my own birthday this year…
So how has The Public Speaking Blog fared for the past one year?

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Late last year, I started the Friday special that went down in flames after a month. 3 reasons why. Laziness, laziness, laziness. Not necessarily in that order. And then early this year, fellow blogger Andrew Dlugan did us a big favor by giving a low down on 86 public speaking blogs. And instead of visiting each site to sieve out the good stuff, I did something really lazy (to my credit).

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It just occurs to me that the top five articles for this week all revolves around powerpoint presentations. Who knows!

But then again, this is not surprising since according to Alexei Kapterev (the guy behind “Death by Powerpoint“), there are 300 million powerpoint users in the world right now, with a whooping 30 million powerpoint presentations conducted every single day.

If you are one of the 300 million powerpoint users who wish to become a phenomenal presenter - someone whom your audience will hold great respect for - you got to go through all the five articles below. Scroll down and I will tell you why it is worth your time.

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Thank God it’s Friday - yay!

And now for my weekly recommendation of public speaking articles for you to read.

Video Critique of Al Gore’s Talk in TED
Thanks to “The Inconvenient Truth” and Al Gore’s conviction to save the world, he was recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Not only is his cause a worthy one, his presentations are also worthy of close study.

Here’s why.

Formely considered as a boring and uncharismatic leader, Al Gore was now described as “funny and passionate and convincingly authentic”. Even Americans who disliked him during his election days were impressed by his “sense of humor, three-dimensionality, commitment to the cause, [and the] ability to criticize himself.”

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Here’s my top five recommendations for this week.

Conquering Your Fear of Public Speaking

Steve Tobak, tech executive and blogger at CNET, has a few words of advice to help anyone facing down a crowd get into the right frame of mind. To avoid feeling isolated and on-the-spot, for example, interact with your audience:

Draw them into your presentation by asking leading questions and encouraging interaction. You’ll instantly feel more comfortable, and so will your audience. A great side benefit is it will make you a far more dynamic and engaging speaker.

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Here’s my top five recommendations for this week.

234 Things I’ve Learned about Writing, Delivering and Marketing Speeches

Scott is my latest stalker victim. I visit his blog every day and I have read (almost) everything that he has written.

Why you may ask?

Because his stuff works.

He has written quite a number of books on approachability and thanks to his generous tips, I have learned how to make a name for my upcoming book. And so far, we have been doing pretty well in the publicity aspect, both online and offline.

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