Weekly lotteries determine which politicians ask the UK Prime Minister a question in front of a male-dominated, packed, and noisy chamber. Women are 12% less likely to submit questions than same-cohort men, and this gap does not close with lottery-induced experience asking a question, or with...

Weekly lotteries determine which politicians ask the UK Prime Minister a question in front of a male-dominated, packed, and noisy chamber. Women are 12% less likely to submit questions than same-cohort men, and this gap does not close with lottery-induced experience asking a question, or with...

Analyze! – Ein guter Pitch beginnt mit einer gründlichen Analyse -- Produce! – Wie du das Pitch-Deck zum Herzstück deines Vortrages machst -- Perform! – Entfalte deine Performance -- Nach dem Event – Optionen, Nachbereitung und Ausblick.

Public speaking is an important skill for career prospects and for leadership positions, but many people tend to avoid it because it generates anxiety. We run a field experiment to analyze whether in an incentivized setting men and women show differences in their willingness to speak in public....

Fear of public speaking is very common but we know little about its economic implications. We establish public speaking aversion as an economically relevant preference using three steps. First, we use a lab and a classroom experiment to show that preferences for speaking in public vary strongly...

Public speaking is an important skill for career prospects and for leadership positions, but many people tend to avoid it because it generates anxiety. We run a field experiment to analyze whether in an incentivized setting men and women show differences in their willingness to speak in public....

Fear of public speaking is very common but we know little about its economic implications. We establish public speaking aversion as an economically relevant preference using three steps. First, we use a lab and a classroom experiment to show that preferences for speaking in public vary strongly...

Chapter 1 – Why Public Speaking is an Important Skill -- Chapter 2 – Writing Engaging Presentations -- Chapter 3 – Writing a Synopsis to Draw in Your Audience -- Chapter 4 – Preparing to Give a Talk -- Chapter 5 – Delivering the Talk -- Appendix A - Frequently Asked Questions --...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer tools and techniques to boost the eloquence of your body language in public speaking. Design/methodology/approach The paper explains the importance of body language to influence and inspire others. It offers tools while speaking on microphone. It...

The authors analyze the concept of academic skills in western pedagogy and its equivalents in Russian education. A hierarchical model of academic skills is proposed, which contains three types of skills: academic reading skills, academic writing skills and academic skills of oral presentations....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of effective public speaking (EPS), and its antecedents and effects to provide a conceptual framework for the study of EPS in the field of corporate communication. Design/methodology/approach – This is a conceptual paper whose...

Purpose – Whether you are delivering an update at a staff meeting or addressing shareholders at the annual meeting, you are “performing” as a speaker. Your verbal and non‐verbal communications continually impact others, meaning you are always “on.” How you share ideas on a daily...