extra public speaking / presentation tips!

PUBLIC SPEAKING / PRESENTATIONS

Extra Tips

Here are some valuable ideasthat will improve

Your Presentations!

EXTRA SPEAKING TIPSHere are tips that will improve your presentations.

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #1JOIN TOASTMASTERS! Great place to learn the basics with lots of support.! Visit several clubs before joining because they each have their own distinct qualities.

EXTRA TIPS FOR PRESENTATIONS!MIND MAPPING! Non-linear, visual, brain storming tool that brings together the left, linear and right, creative sides of our brain.! This is the ʻSwiss Army Knifeʼ for the Brain.

I

II

III

A

A

A

B

B

B

C

My Speech

LINEAR or DIAGRAMThe problem with going linear to develop a speech is that weʼre trying to organize thoughtsbefore we develop them. Our brains donʼt think this way.! In this case, IIIB should be ID.

MainSubject

Sub-Topic

Sub-Topic

Sub-TopicSub-Topic

Sub-Topic

Mind Map

MIND MAPPING! Mind mapping brings together the left, linear and right, creative sides of the brain.! This is a basic mind map with the main subject in the center and sub-topics radiating from the center.

mastermindmapper.com

MIND MAPPING! This is a Speakerʼs Template

mastermindmapper.com

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #3HANDOUTS! Donʼt hand them out unless a workshop.! They become a distraction to your talk.

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #4HUMOR! If done well, can be like icing on a cake.! Tough! ! If say Iʼll be funny and not, theyʼll be laughing at me rather than with me.

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #5PROPS! Can enhance! Rule! ! Put away when finished! Example: Hat speech - Each hat indicates a ʻHatʼ we wear in our lives! Sometime best prop is NONE - Example - Picture your favorite Coffee Cup

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #6PRACTICE! Malcolm Gladwell - 10,000 hours to be an expert - Michael Phelps! Practice makes perfect - Perfect practice makes perfect - The road to perfection never ends.

Practice in mirror, video, audio, friends and family. Join Toastmasters.

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #7TIMING! Respect the program and time of others! Have talk in modules

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #8BUZZ WORDS! NO buzz words or jargon.! You wonʼt impress an audience - youʼll lose them.! Simple is best.

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #9WATER! For cotton mouth! ! Room temperature - NOT ice water, NOT hot tea of coffee.! ! Lozenges! ! ! NOT cherry - red tongue!

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #10CONSTANTLY take TEMPERATURE of the audience! Facial Expressions! Body language! ASK - ʻDoes that make sense?ʼ! ! May have to re-state in a different manner

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #10QUESTIONS! NOT after conclusion! ! The CONCLUSION is the CONCLUSION - Period.! Throughout talk or time set aside for them

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #11POWER POINT! What DIDNʼT you see in my slides?! ! Lots of text and bullet points - “YOU supply the text!” ! ! Reading text doesnʼt reinforce message, it confuses it.! Donʼt use fancy build-ins, build outs and transitions

! CLEAN and SIMPLE is best

Fred E. MillerWriter - Speaker - Coach

Public Speaking and Presentation Skills

Contact314-517-8772

Fred@NoSweatPublicSpeaking.comhttp://www.nosweatpublicspeaking.com