By Ian Hawkins If you are presenting to an audience on a virtual platform, you need to have a strategy to stop people dropping out. We have all been guilty of not giving a speaker our full attention, even when we are in the same room. This problem is magnified when...
By Ian Hawkins Early Bird Speakers is regarded as one of the best public speaking clubs in the UK.With regular weekly meetings held in the heart of London, it draws members from all walks of life: a good number of barristers swing by from the nearby legal district,...
By Neil Coleman In this post we peek behind the scenes of the speeches over the last few weeks at Early Birds to uncover the creative processes that brought them to life on our stage. “20 Years is Enough” For 20 Years is Enough, Ernesto decided not to use a regular...
By Niels FootmanThis sentence doesn’t mean what you think it means.On the face of it, that seems an absurd claim. Anyone hearing that line could be in little doubt that its speaker has just heard a speech from someone within the club, has evaluated it, and has...
By Ian HawkinsIf your New Year’s Resolution is to improve your public speaking, you are probably one of the many people who struggles with filler words – the ‘um’s, ‘er’s and ‘you know’s that sap your credibility and confidence. Do you struggle with filler...
