Delivery

What is delivery and why is delivery important to becoming a master communicator?

Delivery is the act of speaking a message through the use of your body language, your voice, words, your message structure and how you listen and speak under pressure.

Delivery is important because it can determine if you grab a person’s attention and keep that attention.

It can determine if you are perceived as a fast thinker, persuasive, confident, creative and as someone to trust.

Master your delivery with this collection of articles.

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My three, top tips for more productive hybrid meetings

Does your culture foster inquiry or punishment?

Are you just winging your presentations?

Leadership lessons from psychopaths

Every meeting is an opportunity for self-branding

Do you have a policy for hybrid meetings?

Performance contributes only 10% to career growth

Remembering Colin Powell

Ernest Hemingway on getting the words right

When should you schedule a face to face, versus a virtual meeting?

Leadership lessons from former Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer

When was the last time you reviewed your leadership principles?

When you open Q&A – never use this question

How counting your ‘ums’ & ‘ahs’ can make you a better speaker

Canadian PM Justin TRUDEAU on how to HANDLE a QUESTION

Stop DAYDREAMING & stay PRESENT with this tip

WHY your VIRTUAL communication STILL needs WORK

LEARN the art of APOLOGY from former UK PM, David CAMERON

Don’t CHOKE with this TIP from Ash BARTY’S Mindset Coach

How to COMMUNICATE like George CLOONEY

Why you CHOKE & what to DO about it

WIN Your PITCH with this Tip from KOBE Bryant’s Coach

Why we’re still NOT listening to Anthony Albanese

LeBron James & Kobe Bryant’s Coach on Winning a Pitch

How Gen. Colin POWELL projects CERTAINTY when he communicates

5 top tips for PRESENTING to your BOARD

My simple process to AVOID being INTERRUPTED

How to communicate like DENIRO & PACINO

HOW does Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi PERFORM in an INTERVIEW?

HOW a DOCTOR’S, exam prep TIPS can HELP you

Are YOU a LEADER or a BUREAUCRAT?

The DANGER of PREconceived NOTIONS

The POWER of it, CAN’T be OVER-estimated . . .

Do you HAVE a FEAR of being INTERRUPTED?

WHAT is Your BODY Language SAYING about YOU?

SALES people: ARE You ARTICULATE in a sales CONVERSATION?

Do YOU Mistake ACTIVITY, for Action

Executives: Can YOU Be Compassionate and DEMANDING?

A simple, POWERFUL, daily DRILL to become ARTICULATE

All AGREEMENTS are with YOURSELF

CHANGE Your VOICE – CHANGE Who YOU Are

34 MISTAKES I see EXECUTIVES make

HOW to INTRODUCE Yourself – the RIGHT Way

The BEST Communication – Right MESSAGE, Right TONE…RFK

KEYS to BRINGing out the BEST in YOURSELF and others

FOUR minutes = a FULL Day

BIDEN – impassioned, GENUINE & statesmanlike in victory SPEECH

DO you SQUANDER Your First HOUR?

Are YOU a GREAT Simplifier?

VIDEO: Communication TIPs when WEARING a face MASK

Are YOU a WALKING Health HAZARD?

The DANGER of NO Face-to-FACE meetings

TOM Brady’s TIP for IMPROVING

EVERY TIME you SPEAK, you’re AUDITIONING for leadership

Obama’s SPEECH at 2020 DNC, Deconstructed

HOW to REDUCE your ‘ums’ & ‘ahs’ WHEN you SPEAK

HOW to correctly SPEAK when WEARING a Face MASK

Are YOU demonstrating AMBIGUOUS leadership?

HOW to ‘SELL’ yourself and your MESSAGE – James SPADER

HOW to be MEMORABLE when everyone else is FORGETTABLE

HOW to DEAL with an AGGRESSIVE audience member – OBAMA masterclass

Job INTERVIEW? Do you KNOW how to NAIL the CRUCIAL first 7 minutes

Do you HAVE a PLAYBOOK for video office SET-UP and VIRTUAL communication?

HOW does Joe BIDEN come ACROSS in person? – first person EXPERIENCE

The ART of Communication through VIDEO conferencing – GEMS

How to STOP being perceived as SUBMISSIVE and START projecting YOURself with CONFIDENCE

GUIDE on WHEN to do FACE to Face versus VIDEO meetings, RE-visited

DOES your voice ATTRACT and keep ATTENTION?

DOES your BODY language PROJECT self-DOUBT in video meetings?

ARE you FACING up to DIGITAL communication?

WHY being ASSERTIVE in VIDEO meetings, PAYS-off

HOW to correctly STRUCTURE your spoken MESSAGES

Guide for WHEN to do FACE to Face vs VIDEO meetings

What’s the BEST facial EXPRESSION to ENTER with?

LEARN how NOT, to DAYDREAM

FIX your VIDEO conference ‘look’ – NOW

VIDEO conference communication MASTERY – 2 minute SERIES

Will the handshake SURVIVE?

GET more speaking IMPACT with this DRILL

How to MAKE your VOICE sound FRESH & NEW

LEADERSHIP tips from former TWITTER MD

REQUIRED reading for LEADERS – E. Shackleton’s LESSONS

PM Morrison’s STATESMANLIKE presentation

Be more ARTICULATE with this SPEAK under Pressure DRILL

KEY techniques for PRODUCTIVE video/tele CONFERENCES

WORDS of HOPE for a Panicked WORLD

LEARN from D. Pink’s ENERGY, CERTAINTY & dry HUMOUR

5 PROVEN tips for PRESENTING to your BOARD

How to choose WORDS & SYNTAX for a POWERFUL Message

How to DETERMINE your Key MESSAGE

OWNING space – DON’T ‘GLUE’ your UPPER arms

DON’T walk away – LEADERSHIP communication when ATTACKED

Do you MAKE this MISTAKE in the BOARDROOM?

TIP for ‘NEW to Australia’, NON-English EXECUTIVES

What MATTERS is WHAT the ‘customer’ PERCEIVES’, pt.2

B. Hartzer – what matters is what the ‘customer’ perceives

ASK for HELP with this TESTED technique

TONY Blair – BELIEVABILITY

Create QUESTIONS to enliven your CURIOUSITY

How DEEPLY do you UNDERSTAND your DOMAIN?

People can SEE your COMB-OVER

Why – “If ONLY I had SAID this” – is the WRONG strategy

DON’T Present LIKE Steve JOBS

The POWERful FUEL of RETELLING

GESTURE & SPEAK like you OWN the room – MASTERclass

CEO Wisdom – DISTILLED

What MAKES for a TOP executive COMMUNICATOR

STOP Press: NEW Video – PLAN and DELIVER memorable presentations

You’re JUDGED on the QUALITY of your QUESTIONS

GENERAL C. Powell’s BEST under-PRESSURE techniques

The DANGER of unloving CRITICS and uncritical LOVERS

North Korean DEFECTOR Y. Park’s SPEAKING LESSON

LEARN from the IDEAL Orator – CICERO

M. Obama’s ORATORY revisited – Enthusiasm ‘SELLS’

‘MIRACLE on the Hudson’ SULLY’S daily deposit LESSON

TIP-of-the-TONGUE & how to HANDLE it

T. Friedman of NYT shows HOW to ‘OWN’ SPACE

FLAT, uninspiring, stilted FIRST SPEECH – A. Albanese

RUSHING is junior – ‘OWNING’ time … is senior

D. TRUMP & H. CLINTON debate analysis RE-VISITED

PM Morrison WINS first election DEBATE

U.S. President FDR on how to SIMPLIFY a MESSAGE

“I DON’T Understand your key message”

PM S. Morrison LOSING his COOL

DIGNITY – J. Gillard’s concession speech RE-VISITED

How NOT to be INTERRUPTED at LT & Board presentations

Why Obama LOOKED like a leader – and G.W. Bush didn’t

What EVERYBODY ought to know about their speaking voice

Ken Henry’s 7:30 ABC interview body language, deconstructed

“So, do you need to erase . . . ‘So’?”

Gold standard in short-form TV reporting / A. Kohler

Strategy ideas for your ‘End of year’ presentation

Month of the Orator, Part Two – learn from the best

How to introduce yourself

Keep attention – with an ‘unpredictable wind’ voice

Understannding your voice and how’s its produced & perceived

Fidel Castro’s example of powerful speaking

A practical technique to disrupt your day dreaming

Use the 9 points to improve your note-taking

A pracical example of how to say 3 points instead of 17

A short ‘how-to’ video on how to listen and speak under pressure

How your personal energy your project minimises mistakes

Your voice – it takes more effort than you think

A surprising factor of a highly rated personality

The greatest ways to build trust I’ve ever read

Specific ways to confidently close a 1:1 meeting

My best technique to not day dream

Word by word script to handle chance ecounters with senior execs

Avoid these ‘Suit speak’ phrases

A time efficient method for practicing your presentation

Why energy is 70% of any job

Presenting on camera like a pro

How to pitch a meeting to a senior exec

A simple greeting technique for networking events

Is there a code for Being Heard?

How well do you pitch yourself and your ideas

Here’s the routine for confident reception desk interactions

Here a step by step technique to speak like Barack Obama

A field technique on how to ask for help

Mind if I listen in? 20 Nov.

Gen X Y Millennials gravitas technique

A simple technique to have more presence

A technique to make yourself heard at networking functions

Why ‘if only I had said this’ is the wrong strategy

How to respond under pressure – practical options

A question your can use to make someone think

How to make a confident, physical first impression

Strategies to remain calm under pressure

Ideas to better understand and use your voice

A definition of ‘Suit speak’ and how to avoid it

How to cultivate and project gravitas

How Obama’s calmness inspired trust

This techniques make Michelle Obama stand out as a speaker

How to use your voice to help your remember

A proven weekly meeting strategy to engage your direct reports

An example where speaking short sentences paid off

What not to do when you speak – a lesson from Bob Carr

Networking techniques ‘how to’

Learn why the best presenter’s don’t need ‘props’

How do you tell a person? (they need help)

How to give ‘bad news’

How to give feedback – proven ways

A concise definition of what the best leaders do

Learn the characteristics of an emphatic voice tone

How to give your audience a controlled stretch break

Here’s an idea that is a critical first step in your voice development

The power of ‘less is more’ explained

How being bold effects you and your audience

Why carrying yourself with dignity is important

How to respond to questions in meetings

Top communicators master these 10 types of interactions

Strategies by mining your life to hook an audience to listn

How to gauge if you’re influential in your organisation

The power of Intentional Daily Practice explained

How to build you skill with repeated attempts

How to understand what your audience can perceive about you

Maximising senior executive, chance encounters

Learn from this powerful metphor for taking the lead

An explanation of the power of every impression you leave

What to say in your voice mail greeting

These are my speaking tips for Paul Howes and Clive Palmer

A great example of energy you can learn from

An opera singer’s voice technique opera that you can use

Obama’s speaking technique

Why your voice sounds different on tape

A surprising technique from a jazz pianist to make you’re better speaker

How to leave a voice mail message

What makes for a great radio voice

Learn from these essential speaking techniques of Barack Obama

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