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April 18 - August 24, 2017
Dress appropriately
Speak just a little hungry
Remove empty seats
Remove all distractions
Don’t distribute the handouts during the presentation
Remove distractions from yourself
Speak with a blank screen PowerPoint is one of the biggest
distractions
Acknowledge the distractions if you can’t remove them
After you acknowledge that it is cold in the room, it won’t become warmer, but nobody will be discussing the temperature and they will be listening to you.
Go on stage with a mission to change the lives of
Advanced speakers come on stage with a single thought: “People in this audience are the most important people in my life right now. They are as important for me as my husband, my wife, my daughter or my son. I want to and can change their lives for the better. I will have fun and I will give this presentation like it is the last one in my life.”
When you don’t feel fear, it means only one thing: you don’t care about the audience.
To get rid of your paralyzing fear, arrive a bit early and familiarize yourself with the stage, talk to your audience members, sit in different chairs in the audience and when it’s time to speak, you will have nothing to fear.
Before your speech, do physical exercises in a nearby room or outside the building. Jump, dance, do pushups. Your fear energy will turn into excitement energy. Remember that fear is your best friend. If you feel butterflies, you will succeed!
Raise your energy
Add self-deprecating humor
Opening An opening has three main goals. Firstly, you want to break the audience members’ preoccupations and make sure that people pay attention to you. Secondly, answer the questions, “Why should I listen to you? How can I benefit from your speech?” Finally, give some hint about the direction and flavor of your speech.
Captivate the audience in the first 30 seconds
Never start with a joke!
Begin with a story
State a huge promise
“By the end of today’s presentation,
They really want to know what they will get, but they don’t care what you will give.
People don’t buy shampoo, they buy clean hair.
Share a plan
The secret is storytelling. Our brain doesn’t remember what we hear. It remembers only what we “see” or imagine while we listen.
You can also put your listeners into a scene using the word “imagine.”
engage 3 senses and you as a listener can feel the scene;
People don’t remember what you say. They remember only what they see and feel while you are saying it. Details allow people to see your scenes.
Always have your characters speak in dialogue
Put description in dialogue
Remove unnecessary narration with your body
Dialogue between characters All interaction
between characters should be conveyed by means of a dialogue. Forget
Sharing thoughts in the form of a dialogue
Use phrases like, “I thought,” “The thought popped up in my head” “I was pondering,” etc.
using phrases like: “You are probably saying to yourself,” “you probably think” or “if you ask me...”
Use a character’s name in a dialogue
Always create a summary phrase for each point in your speech.
Give bonuses
“And one more thing...”
Show your audience members how they can benefit from what they have heard in the speech.
Offer a technique that will enable the audience to put your point into practice.
Tell in conclusion how the character has benefited after learning a valuable lesson and how his or her life changed in the long term.
If you want people to remember something, you need to repeat it several
The last 30 seconds The last 30 seconds are
Call to action
Finish with a powerful question
Q&A Many presentations end with a question and answer section. After finishing the informational part of the speech, a presenter asks, “Are there any questions?” Then he or she answers all the questions and the presentation is over. The most important thing you need to know about a Q&A session is that you should NEVER end your speech with Q&A.
