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May 14, 2018

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Northern California Group Psychotherapy Conference

By Doreen Hamilton | Speaking to Groups, Workshops for Overcoming Public Speaking Anxiety | No Comments

Presence and Connection: Overcoming Public Speaking Anxiety Join me for 2 1/2 stimulating days, June 1-3, 2018, at Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds. This exquisite coastal retreat is where I’ll be presenting my program, Presence and Connection: Overcoming Public Speaking Anxiety. A well-designed program is diminished if you have any anxiety about speaking in public. With my Essential Speaking approach you will develop mindfulness skills that enable you to be authentic, compel attention, and impact your group. This conference…

January 14, 2015

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Connection: The 6th Secret to Fearless Speaking

By Doreen Hamilton | Fear of Speaking, Find Your Voice Blog, Speaking to Groups | No Comments

Most people experience a connection when they are speaking one-to-one with another person. It is when they speak in front of a group that many people begin to feel afraid and lose the connection to themselves and to their listeners. The secret to speaking without fear when you are talking to a group is to connect with one person at a time and simply speak conversationally. Connection With Yourself As long as I take a breath in and let it…

January 11, 2015

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Be Positive: The 5th Secret to Fearless Speaking

By Doreen Hamilton | Find Your Voice Blog, Public Speaking Tips, Speaking to Groups | No Comments

What Makes a Positive Attitude So Attractive? Someone who has a positive attitude is like a ray of warm sunshine that brings me happiness. When that person smiles in a genuine way I can feel the warmth radiating from every cell in their body. He or she lights up the moment for me. Isn’t this true for you? Just think about your circle of friends. Identify the friend who has the most positive energy. How do you feel when you…

January 4, 2015

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Awareness: The 3rd Secret to Fearless Speaking

By Doreen Hamilton | Fear of Speaking, Find Your Voice Blog, Public Speaking Tips, Speaking to Groups | No Comments

I used to be very uncomfortable with eye-to-eye contact. It was awkward and made me feel uneasy, especially if I didn’t know the person. So speaking in front of a group was even more challenging since there were so many eyes staring back at me. Standing in front of a group and looking out at all the eyes was as terrifying as looking out at a room full of sharks. Why People are Afraid to Look at Each Other Many…

December 28, 2014

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Silence: The 1st Step to Fearless Speaking

Silence: The 1st Secret to Fearless Speaking

By Doreen Hamilton | 7 Steps to Fearless Speaking, Fear of Speaking, Find Your Voice Blog, Mindfulness and speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Speaking to Groups | No Comments

“A silent mind is far more precise, accurate, and powerful than anything that is contained in the boundaries of rational thought.” Deepak Chopra Be Silent When people come to my programs on overcoming the fear of speaking, they are always surprised to see that I begin my 7 steps to Fearless Speaking with “Be Silent.” Immediately they know they are not in a conventional course like other classes that often stress how to craft and organize a speech or how…

March 21, 2010

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Business woman speaking to one person in the group

Reduce Stage Fright: Talk Only to One Person at a Time

By Doreen Hamilton | Fear of Speaking, Find Your Voice Blog, Speaking to Groups | One Comment

Public Speaking is a Series of One-to-One Conversations Approach public speaking as more of a “me-to-you” discussion rather than a full-blown broadcast, suggests G.I. Taylor in the Fear of Speaking blog. I agree with the idea of seeing yourself talking to one person at a time when you are in front of groups. When you […]

March 18, 2010

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The Most Important Rule in Public Speaking: Be Yourself

By Doreen Hamilton | Find Your Voice Blog, Public Speaking Tips, Speaking to Groups | No Comments

“Most important rule… be yourself!” FastUpFront Blog in their article, “5 Essential Public Speaking Tips for Non-Public Speakers,” wrote about this number one rule. But how do people discover who they are? As a psychologist, I believe you need safe learning environments to explore and develop yourself. So much of our social training growing up […]

January 23, 2010

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Anderson Cooper’s Secret to Success: Talk to One Person

By Doreen Hamilton | Find Your Voice Blog, Public Speaking Tips, Speaking to Groups | No Comments

CNN’s Anderson Cooper has earned four Emmys because he knows how to talk to one person, not millions. What is the secret to his success? He says he is “not talking to X number of people, I’m just talking to one person through that camera lens.” The Art of Essential Speaking Cooper has mastered the art of Essential Speaking because he knows how to make public speaking seem like a one-on-one conversation. Listeners in an audience respond more readily when…