Here's my presentation at BIDC Festival in Bangkok! Now, I wasn't able to get the full audio, so it might be just 3 minutes in and cut off after 47 minutes. I apologize, but the content is here. I did a rough transcript of it, but there's a lot of questionable vocabulary, so if you're... Continue Reading →
I first need to tell you a bit about auto-suggestion and how it works (from Lesson Two). Suggestions is a principle through which your words and your acts and even your state of mind influences others. Your words can influence someone in a positive or negative way, right? The way you act can also influence... Continue Reading →
In my personal opinion, what you wear means everything on-stage. I was referred a Tedx video by one of my colleagues, and although he did crack a few jokes, I couldn't take his appearance. He was wearing about 5 different colors, spoke extremely fast, and had one of the most awkward stances I've seen on... Continue Reading →
So, I'm going to post a variety of videos today in regards to how public speakers can deliver a remarkably powerful message to keep the audience. We know how a lot of speakers are: monotone speakers, talkers, bores, we have a wide variety. Dale Carnegie talks in his book about how someone, with the power of... Continue Reading →
Audiences could be warm, fuzzy, empathetic and loving; other audiences could be cold and monotonous to the point you lose inspiration in even giving a talk. If you look at comedic stand-ups (although TED is much difference from hurling jokes at people), they look at people in the audience who's enjoying their show, not the... Continue Reading →
There was a famed author at TED not too long ago who Chris Anderson was so excited to see because of his speaking capabilities. What happened instead horrified him. This is called the Sales Pitch. If you go on stage, especially at TED, you CANNOT go on stage with intent to sale a product, especially... Continue Reading →
That moment you're standing in front of a class of 15, to standing in front of thousands of people who are waiting anxiously for you to say that first word to captivate them. YES! It's difficult. It's terrifying. From memorizing verbatim; to not remembering even your introduction. Les Brown said, "you know what, I get... Continue Reading →
I was heading down the escalator with one of my students to a general bookstore today to get her some material that would help with her vocabulary, grammar, and basic sentence structuring. Personal Development, being my absolute favorite section of any bookstore, was the first place we went to. After about 10-15 minutes of scanning,... Continue Reading →
Arsenio's ESL Podcast 