Guy Kawasaki Quotes

I think that no one, or very few, are born as good presenters. It's a skill that you learn.

I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.

Being a comfortable public speaker, which involves easily being able to go off-script, strongly signals competence.

I love presentations more than fashion shows. I love speaking to people and walking them through the collection.

In order to make a good speech you must have something to say and you have to believe it.

It's essential that you make eye contact with your audience. You've got to know what's happening out there.

I am not a speaker. The more you do it, the easier it becomes, but I always want to be prepared, and I always practice my speeches; I never do it off the cuff.

I know what to say, how to say it, how to bring profile to the issues I care about and people want to listen to me.

Sorry, public speaking isn't really my strong side.

Practice, practice, practice in speaking before an audience will tend to remove all fear of audiences, just as practice in swimming will lead to confidence and facility in the water. You must learn to speak by speaking.

There are few things that will take you further in life, than your ability to make a good presentation.

How often we all have heard speakers begin by calling the attention of the audience to their lack of preparation or lack of ability. If you are not prepared, the audience will probably discover it without your assistance.

I found myself doing so much public speaking, more and more and bigger and bigger.

I think the more you do this and the more comfortable you become on stage, you start speaking more and becoming more of a character in yourself.

Reading off a Teleprompter is an easy skill to do passably well and a difficult skill to do very well. I still have room for improvement there. I still talk too fast and I'm trying to slow myself down.

I go onstage and I talk, and I remember what I'm saying, and I track it.

I always said put me in front of 40 or 50,000 people and play hockey, I'm comfortable there. Put me in front of 50 people to talk or get in front of, and that's where I'm probably the least comfortable.

I conquered my stage fright a long time ago. In my line of work, it's kind of a pre-requisite that you not feel bad about looking stupid in front of a lot of people.

I'm a presenter.

I'm reasonably good at talking onstage, but actually holding court in a pub is all to do with power dynamics which I don't think has anything to do with fiction.

I definitely enjoy being in front of people which gives me that exciting immediate rush.

I am not a good cue card reader.

I went to private school in Manhattan, and at a young age, they made us do public speaking. For some reason, I was good at standing in front of the class and speaking.

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

Public speaking? I speak to myself on the street!