DIY PR by Penny Haywood Calder

Total viewing time for online video is approaching the time we spend watching TV. TV ads are outside smaller business' reach, but the audience for online video is a great opportunity for SMEs to punch beyond their weight.

That means every smart business spokesperson needs to develop clever presentation skills to take advantage of this most powerful medium.

There's free communications training resources on a new blog from an excellent Scottish company, VoiceBusiness: www.voicebusinesstraining.co.uk. They walk the talk with videos - see http://vimeo.com/6007276 for a quick pre-speech exercise.

Or join a Toastmasters International (TMI) club. TMI is a not-for-profit organisation. They have trained >4 million people in public speaking and leadership skills world-wide. Their website has good free presentation resources and a local club finder at http://www.toastmasters.org - scroll past the map to see the local clubs in your area.

And speaking skills that work on video are also great for networking, giving talks and pitching for new business.

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Labels: communications skills, online video, presentation skills, public speaking, speaking skills, TMI, Toastmasters, VoiceBusiness