Howtoinspireasaspeaker.
Chris1anHeilmann,SpeakingOut,London,England,10/02/2010
LastyearIwasvotedmostinspiringspeakerintheSlideShareZeitgeistcompe11on.
ThereisonethingthatIhavethatmakesthispossible.
Verydis1nc1vehair.
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Whichiseasytoachieve...
Seriously,though,mysecretisadifferentone‐havingadifferentpointofview.
Findthestorytotellthatmakesthedifference.
Speaker
Informa1on
Audience
Me
Informa1on
Audience
Knowingwhatyouraudienceneedsisthemostimportantpartofanypresenta1on.
Themainthingtoanswertoanypersoninyouraudienceis:
What is in it for me?
Havingtherightmindsetasapresenterisalsoveryimportant.
hHp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB0Vfi3v[Q
Howcanyougettothisstage?
1) Knowyourstuff2) Ownyourtalk3) Prac1ce4) Prac1cesomemore...5) Youknowwherethisisgoing...
Howcanyouprac1ce?
Loudreadingindifferentvoicesisgreattraining.
Listeningtoaudiobooksisgreattraining.
Listeningtoyourselfisverygoodtraining.
hHp://audacity.sourceforge.net/
PowerpointKaraokeisagoodidea.
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Lightningtalksareagreatidea.
5×5×5
Getinspiredbygreatexamples.
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hHp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OHVGgk1Qg0
Thingsyoushouldavoidatallcosts.
1) Imita1on.2) Readingyourslides.
4) Blingingitup.3) Forgedngthestory.
Onelastquick1paboutovercomingthefearofalargeaudience.
Theaudienceisasafraidofyouasyouareofthem.Thedifferenceishowtheydealwithit.
Insteadofseeingacrowdoraseaoffaces,pickanewpersontotalktowitheverypartofyourstory.
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Thanks!