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How To Write Powerful Presentations, Speeches, And Talks
Most of us get nervous about making a speech, whether it's to 2000 convention delegates or a PTA meeting at our child's school. Often, though, people find that's the worst part of the whole process - the anticipation. The reality is often a lot e...
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Public Speaking: Words that Sell
The title of this article is the same as a famous book by Richard Bayan that is used by marketing professionals around the world. As I was looking through it the other day I realized that the same kinds of words could be used in public speaking to ...
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Public Speaking: I Get So Emotional
If you want to get real action out of your audience during a public speaking engagement, then tugging on their heart strings can help make it happen. This is where your storytelling ability can really make you shine.
Great storytellers like my frie...
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Public Speaking: No Brainstoppers!
I made this term up so don't try to find it anywhere else. A "brainstopper" is something you say or do that causes the mind of an audience member to stop to think. This can be a good thing, but most of the time when I catch a coaching student deliv...
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Public Speaking: Specific Objectives
Make sure you find out exactly what you are supposed to accomplish when you are asked to do a public speaking engagement. It is best to have it in writing. This can be handled with a question on your pre-program questionnaire. If you don*t get this...
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Public Speaking: Storytelling Tricks
TRICK: Look in different directions to indicate different characters. The audience will associate a stage right or stage left look with the different character.
TRICK: Use above trick along with changing your voice tone to indicate different charac...
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Public Speaking: Storytelling DONTs
When setting up a story:
* Don't say the words funny, reminds me of, or story. These words are so overused they alert the audience that a story is coming. This causes audience members to resist your story rather than get caught up in your stor...
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Public Speaking: Storytelling DOs
* Use stories during public speaking engagements to illustrate points and state the point in addition to telling the story. Always make your story relevant to the subject at hand.
* Select stories to match the intelligence, experience, occupat...
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Public Speaking: Asides
In the theater, an "aside" is something said to the audience that is not to be heard by the other actors. If the aside was delivered on a television sitcom, the actor would look right at the camera and talk to the viewers at home instead of talking...
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Public Speaking: Stage Fright Strategies
Stage fright Is Good and Makes You Better Looking Too!
Before you learn how to speak in public, it is important to be ready to speak in public. Stage fright is a phenomenon that you must learn to control if you want to be good at public speaking. A...
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Public Speaking: Room Setup Checklist
* Your first priority is safety. Know where fire exits and extinguishers are.
* Have backup equipment and backup plan in case of failure.
* Keep room lights at maximum intensity unless slides andor video projection are being used.
* ...
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Public Speaking: Line of Sight
When you speak alot you run into some crazy room setups. It's your job to be there early to make sure all the little preparation details taken care of. One of these details is the visibility of you and your visuals from each chair in the audience.
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Public Speaking: You Must Have a Good Sound System
If it is hard to hear, people won't listen. When speaking in public you must have an excellent sound system because some of the time you will be speaking while your audience is laughing. Stand-up comics need good sound too, but they are a little di...
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Public Speaking: Room Setup Makes a Big Difference
The arrangement of chairs, the sound system, the lighting and the overall climate of the room can make a big difference in the way a public speaking engagement is received. You may not think you have much control over these items, but think again, ...
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Public Speaking: Top Ten Ways to Make Money Public Speaking
SELL YOUR KNOWLEDGE
This is my overriding principle that came from years of hard knocks trying to get people to hire me to speak. I get more speaking engagements than I ever had before when I quit trying to sell them and began selling my knowledge ...
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Public Speaking: Bribes
... or, as I like to call them, 'Tips in advance' are a part of my public speaking life. Does that mean I am an unethical person? ABSOLUTELY NOT! It means I am a realist. It means that when I am 30 minutes from the beginning of a presentation and I...
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Public Speaking: Listen to Everyone
When you are speaking at an event that has multiple speakers, try to listen to as many of the other speakers as you can. In particular, don't miss the keynote or general session speakers. By doing this you are able to add a polish to your talk and ...
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Public Speaking: Rapport
THIS WILL SURPRISE YOU (especially if you know me) You can be a lousy public speaker and still be great on the speaking platform. By lousy, I mean that technically you do everything wrong. You look terrible. Your grammar and diction stink and you m...
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Public Speaking: Deep Penetration
Many people that know me or have had me do a public speaking engagement for them know that I am a real stickler for pre program research. This research allows you to connect with the audience on much deeper levels than you could have without it. Th...
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Public Speaking: 20 Questions to Ask BEFORE Hiring a Speaker
1. Is the speaker's topic right for my audience?
2. Does the speaker have verifiable references?
3. Does the speaker have audio andor video demonstration materials? These materials should show you what the speaker is like in front of an audience. ...
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Public Speaking: Tips for Television, Videotape, and Videoconferencing
Here are some things you should keep in mind when a television camera is trained on you:
TELEVISION & VIDEOTAPE TIPS
* Gestures should be smaller.
* Make sure clothing is "broken in" and comfortable when you are sitting and standing.
* ...
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Tie One On (for men only)
I got this tip many years ago from speaker Paul Radde. After shooting one of my first major videos, I noticed that my tie was crooked for most of the video. It looked bad in person, but it looked TERRIBLE on video.
Here is the tip:
After you have p...
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Photographic Memory
Would you like the audience to think you have a photographic memory? Would you like them to look at you in awe?
Here's the technique.
Refer to an article in a magazine or passage in a book, but do it in a special way. Pause and look up in the air a...
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Pausest
A true NO ZZZZZs presenter doesn't feel that he or she must jabber away constantly to keep the audience awake. Skilled presenters use silence to add to the effectiveness and polish of a program. Theatrical folks have identified a whole bunch of nea...
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