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"ESI gave me the tools to harness that emotion that is essential to the successful public speaker. Thank you to you and your team for helping me do my 'life's work'. The tools you gave me are ones I will be using forever."
We've added more ESI opens due to popular demand. Book one today.
Using the latest technology, we've extracted almost everything Ty knows and put it into The Million Dollar ToolBox.
Ty Boyd, one of America's top presenters, offers free tips on everything from giving a blue ribbon presentation to moderating a panel.
Celebrate Good Times!
As another way to celebrate our 25th anniversary, we are donating at least $25,000 to charity in 2005 and we're funding it through our Free Speech project.
I'll waive my usual speaking fee - excluding expenses - and come speak to an organization free. All the group has to do is make a charitable donation of $5,000 to the Ty Boyd Donor Advised Fund at Foundation for the Carolinas. You can have other members of the ESI faculty come to your organization for a charitable donation of $2,500.
Get more information here.
Here's Your $1 Million
As you know, we're giving out 25 copies of my book, The Million Dollar Toolbox, each month.
We are getting some very good notes, like this one from Carol Van Den Hende,"So, why do I think I deserve a free copy of The Million Dollar Toolbox? Because:
- despite being a busy mom of twins,
I will read it, absorb it and share its learnings with others around me
- I have increasingly high visibility,
high-stakes presentations to give (just next month, I need to present brand
plans and pack strategies to our management team and president)
- I am an inherently quiet introvert
and could use a refresher/reminder to speak up, speak out and be bold"
Tell us why you deserve a copy, and check out others who have already received their copy.
About Us
Ty Boyd Executive Learning Systems changes lives by helping lifelong learners hone their natural communication tools.
We work primarily with people at Fortune 1000 companies in the areas of public speaking, presentations skills, personal improvement and leadership development.
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Hello all. We have great clients, and great readers. We'll celebrate some of both during this third month of our 25th anniversary year. Click here to see the list of our 25 February winners in The Million Dollar Toolbox giveaway. Send us a note to tell us why you should receive a free copy. Also,
check out this information about our Free Speech project.
Johnson & Johnson is one of our great clients. They were named the #2 company in the world for executive development. Also on that list are some other clients, including Dell, IBM and Bank of America. Read more about it here.
[profilelink] and let us know if you are an ESI graduate. Now, let's get going.
Ty Boyd
ty@tyboyd.com
PS - we added an ESI for March 22 - 24 because of increased demand. There are a couple of seats left if you can register and attend on short notice.
Fear Revisited
Last time we talked about fear, and apparently struck a chord with our Zipline friends. Many wrote in with their own tips. I'd like to share a few with you.
First, let's hear from Merilyn Newell, "I always strive to arrive at least 20 minutes early whenever I am asked to speak, even if I don't have to be involved with the sound equipment. That way, I get to meet as many of the people I will be speaking to as possible. Then, by the time I stand up, I often have some quip to share that I just heard from someone, can congratulate someone on some good news I may have heard, etc.
When I get into my prepared remarks, it's more like a conversation because I have already related to many of them on a verbal level, as opposed to walking in just before their meeting starts and standing up "cold."
Merilyn continues, "while I was never afraid to speak in public, I had never sung in public until 1991 and was deathly afraid of it. So, I decided to just start doing it every chance I got and applied the same techniques - getting there early, walking out to the spot where I would sing from, meeting as many of the people as possible, etc. The technique is the same.
Now, I sing on a regular basis in all kinds of settings and love to do it."
Jennifer Parker tells us that preparation is the best antidote for fear. "I continue trying to be better at "commanding a room." I think of myself more as a writer and workshop facilitator than a keynoter, so it's still a challenge for me when I speak in an impromptu manner to large groups. "I find that if I have written everything down, I usually do better, even if I don't use any notes. Recently I had to speak to about 135 teachers and staff at an elementary school. They had asked me to prepare a 1 1/2 hour presentation.
At the last minute they changed my time to about 45 minutes, so I just threw aside my notes and spoke from my heart. But I couldn't have done it without having prepared a lot of material, almost like a distillation process."
If you'd like to hear more from our friends on a variety of subjects, visit here.
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Living In Zen
By Molly Hunt
It's 2005 and most of us are still working on our 2004 goals. We all try to become more balanced in life. We try to de-clutter, become more organized, and exceed others' (or our own) expectations.
Here are 10 tips to "Living in Zen". With these tips you should find yourself more relaxed, more rejuvenated and more balanced in your life.
- Enjoy the solitude.
There is little to no solitude in our lives these days. We all have kids or spouses or stressful jobs that keep us up at night. Try taking time for yourself. This may mean you have to get up earlier. Or, while in your car, turn off your cell phone and turn off the radio. Make it "you" time. The pay off is enormous!
- Breathe deep and often.
Believe it or not, people don't breathe as often as they should. We get into a stressful moment and literally forget to breathe. The more you allow yourself to breathe the more calm you become. This becomes a very handy tool when you are presenting to a group or trying to persuade your spouse that your way is the "right" way.
- Stretch.
Try to stretch your mind, learn new things. Read a new book or start challenging yourself with crossword puzzles. Do something your mind is not used to doing. And make time to stretch your muscles. Physically stretching is just as to someone who never goes to the gym as it is to a marathon runner. Your blood will start to flow and you will feel energized!
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