How do questions from the audience reduce audience fear? People with a fear of the public who read the title of the article now, surely do not understand how such a paradox can exist. After all, people who are afraid to speak in front of an audience want to go on stage, shoot the text and finish with the 'abuse' as much as possible...
Come and practice performing in front of an audience and learn how to manage questions from the audience. After the May round has finished with fascinating presentations, we are now concentrating on the July round and approaching the August round. The July class reaches the middle of the course: this week they will learn and practice how to manage questions and interruptions from the audience. and cycle...
Is it worth learning public speaking in a debate club or in a public speaking course? Many of those who contact us are confused about the question, so here is a short guide regarding the differences. We hope it will help you choose, and if you still have questions you should call our team. What do you achieve in a debate club compared to...
How did Guy Yariv's career begin and what were the turning points that led him to establish the public speaking school? An interview from the series of podcasts by Itai Rosengarg, an expert in career development and himself a graduate of the school and a lecturer on his behalf. In the podcasts, I talk to people...
An article by Keren Zarka, fashion designer and founder of the Anna-K chain of stores, and a graduate of the public speaking course in the October 2009 class. Keren won the name in the field of informal fashion and the casual look for young women, but as you will read later, when you need to adapt the exact performance to the event and the audience – …
Usually - but not always - our goal in performing in front of an audience is to convince. There can be other purposes: to explain, to apologize, to make fun, to interest and even to confuse. But usually our goal will be to convince. At the same time, many times we also want to impress the audience. …
In this post I want to analyze a scientific presentation intended for the general public. Her subject is 'liquid biopsy' which is a way of detecting cancer through a blood test and is quite the forefront of technology today. As a scientific presentation it is not one of the complicated ones, and still... the first draft includes some initial errors...
There is no other type of social activity where the participant acquires so many skills as the debate club. The debate helps people succeed in life because it imparts a number of necessary skills that no one else imparts - not in the Israeli education system - Magen...
An advanced tipa article intended for those who are working on improving their speaking ability by coaching others and giving feedback on their speeches. Those who want the basics are advised to learn speech feedback techniques, and speaker training techniques. In preparation for getting stronger today, I wanted to give you an emphasis...
A few years ago I wrote an article, which became a collection of techniques for my more ambitious students, on the subject of antifragility in public speaking. The goal was to make speakers totally and completely immune to crowd fear, which is a goal that is very difficult to achieve in other ways. But lately I've been working on…
So what is the best place to convince people? I think it's Wikipedia. And so this should be our strongest advocacy arena. The place where people who are open to being convinced come to Wikipedia is the place they come to understand more in depth. To get more balanced information...
Dear rightists: As a debater I always had to argue both sides of every issue. For and against abortions, or animal experiments, or bombing Iran. Now I want to present for you the right-wing arguments that only you can claim in favor of the war in Gaza -...
Fear of crowds can hurt anyone and no one is immune to it. But anyone can handle it. And in this lesson we will get proven tools to reduce anxiety. If you have a more acute fear of crowds than this course treats, we offer a variety of programs...
During the war, most of the advocacy activities are done in the international media and social networks - much less of that is done in Google. And this is despite the fact that most people in the world go to Google when they want to understand something new that they didn't know. There is a reason for this: Google promotion works much slower...
A mailing list is the fuel that digital marketing runs on. In the past, when they said distribution lists, they mainly meant email lists, but nowadays quality lists can act as a group on WhatsApp and a page on Facebook, or as a list of followers on Instagram and Twitter. In fact a mailing list can still exist even physically in the world…
A few years ago I was in a fascinating lecture on procrastination: why we don't do things we know should be done. The topic interested me very much because, like everyone else, it is difficult for me to go for a run in the morning or write an article, but it interested me professionally because...
How the legendary CEO of Ford and Chrysler overcame the fear of the crowd in 1957 and maintained confidence throughout his life! Conquering public fear is only the beginning. Then you have to preserve this ability. And here is the story of someone who did it for 60 years! …
The product launch is a marketing strategy for the sale of a new product (or a new version of an existing product) by creating anticipation, then realizing the anticipation in a 'community' way so that a social dynamic is created with a feeling that 'everyone is buying' that pushes more people to buy. The product launch strategy has several steps...
As part of the learning process of effective presentation, it is important to know the common mistakes in designing presentations. One of the processes we do in the presentation delivery course is to go over the drafts that the students prepare together and learn from the process. Here is an example of the process done by a spokeswoman from the financial sector who was required to present to the organization...
My name is Eitan Melker, and almost everyone who studied at the public speaking school knows me as the Director of Advocacy: the one who personally and closely fights for the success of each and every student. Almost a decade has passed since the end of my course, and the insights continue to arrive to this day. There is no doubt that the course...
The paradox of crowd fear is all around you. Even in the previous sentence. The paradox is that you can't see the crowd fear. And those who can turn the understanding of this paradox into an emotional ability will feel more confident than others in front of an audience, within a second. What does crowd fear look like...
How to deal with fear of crowds through a solution by solving the problem that caused it to appear Fear of crowds is one of the most common anxieties in the world. It can affect people of all ages, of all genders and from all walks of life. Fear of the public can make it difficult to function...
In this post we will analyze a presentation on a legal topic: confidentiality agreements and their importance. It's a reasonable presentation that represents a good intermediate stage in the preparation - but one that needs a lot more upgrade work to achieve wow. As heads of chapters it can work quite well (especially in cases of malfunction)...
How can Netanyahu (or any other leader) overturn all the ruling orders and still get the support of the majority of the people? With the help of rhetoric of hesitation and insecurity! I want to argue that Netanyahu could - and maybe still can (!) - win the support of the center and even the left in the legislation...
So what happens from today? Where is Israel going after the constitutional revolution recorded its first major achievement? The answer is not complicated. Israel will continue on the same path it has been on since January 4th. From the moment Levin's opponent announced the coup plan, those who oppose it left...
Lack of preparation for speaking in front of an audience is inviting trouble Speaking in front of an audience is fundamentally different from speaking 1-on-1. The difference is that a normal conversation is a dialogue while public speaking is a monologue. Your audience is listening and examining you, but you have no good way of knowing what…
Clarence Thomas is not only the first black Chief Justice in American history. He is not only a very controversial judge - he is also known for his relative silence on the Supreme Court bench. Judge Thomas rarely asks questions during oral hearings, and he has never...
This is the 12th year that we have conducted a public speaking course for the students of the leadership program of the Herzog Academic College of Education from the foundation of the Har-Etzion Yeshiva in Alon Shavuot. Since 2011, every year Guy Yariv conducts a theoretical and practical course for the third-year students at the college where they study...
To be successful in life, you need to acquire the professional and emotional skills that are necessary for success. If you look in your mind for people who are successful in the field that interests you - whether it is business, programming, art, accounting, or any other field - you will see that they are not only good at what they do...
How to imagine situations and actions to strengthen self-confidence in front of an audience? Guided imagery is a behavioral-cognitive technique for psychological treatment. Many studies have proven the effectiveness of guided imagery treatment in cases of chronic pain, depression, anxiety, crisis situations and more. The power of this method…
What we accomplished in ten years: a story on three campuses Our first courses were held at the kibbutzim seminary. In the beginning I rented classes by the hour - what classes - one class and that too with difficulty. The classes had to move around the campus each term, according to the availability of the rooms, and each holiday,...
Social anxiety is like a show in three sets: there is the preliminary fear before the event, there is the acute anxiety attack during the event, and there is the self-flagellation after the event. In this article we will understand each of them and how to solve them. What happens before a social event? …
In the previous post we gave tips for improving the structure of the speech. Now I want to give some tips to improve the arguments themselves. What are actually an argument and a claim? A claim is a statement without backing, therefore it has neither the power of persuasion nor the power of explanation. An argument against this includes the…
In the first lesson of the public speaking course, we put a lot of emphasis on learning the correct structure for a speech. And in the following lessons we put even more emphasis on practicing the same correct structure. Why? Because it works. There is no easier and faster way to improve your speech...
Overview of site I need help changing setup and fixing a few bugs in https://guyariv.com - It is a site for my Public-Speaking course with the theme EDUMA (Learnpress+elementor+woocommerece), and very few other plugins. The site is Hebrew, an …
Distortions of thinking: everyone sees the symptoms in me Symptoms are one of the worst things about fear of crowds. In fact, for most people, they are the second most annoying thing (only the avoidance is more annoying). And one of the most depressing things about symptoms is that you see them on you, meaning that when...
Fear of crowds is a complex phenomenon with many explanations and many reasons. But one of the interesting explanations for its development (which also gives beautiful results in the treatment of our workshops) is the subject of 'thought distortions'. What are thought disorders? According to cognitive-behavioral psychology (CBT) thinking distortions are negative thoughts...
Many people who think they understand fear of crowds (eg because they suffer from it) hold wrong beliefs about it. In the years that I have been teaching public speaking and researching audience anxiety, I have discovered how misleading first impressions and inferences from one private case can be. Sometimes the perceptions...
Treating audience anxiety using the 'upside down' method is a technique that has proven itself in our courses and it relies on one of the features of social phobia - the fact that its sufferers are fully aware that it is irrational (although of course this does not mean they can be overcome…
This week we finished the January class with public speaking courses - and this is an opportunity to congratulate the new graduates, and also to tell the story of the two accompanying mentors who contributed so much to his success: Ira and Ghana. So what does an accompanying mentor do for public speaking...