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Ms Claire Duffy
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Look good and present well
Your Appearance has a great impact on the audience and on your effectiveness as a communicator. Dressing well for the occasion is part...
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Teachers - your voice!
Teachers treat their main tool of trade to huge stress every single day. Â Whenever you talk loudly, over background noise, across large...
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Speaking for Professional Athletes
Interest in outstanding performers doesn’t fade with their fame, it  endures.  The community remains interested because they are...
4 min read


Lovely Voices: the race caller
Purely information-based speeches are tough gigs. Think of a witness testifying in court, or a student announcing the results at the...
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Perfect Introductions
Introductions are among the most common and least-well-done aspects of public speaking. Your job is to set the speaker up and excite the...
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Be a speaking 'Time Lord'
Speakers who watch  the clock and always finish comfortably before their time runs out, are well respected and make a big contribution to...
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Voice Care for Speakers
Look after your voice! All public speakers need to know how to maintain their most important asset. If you’re a professional talker, you...
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The fine art of race calling
Race Calling began here in Australia in 1922 at Port Adelaide.  Arnold Trelor was the first man to call the action. Melbourne followed...
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