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April 18 - August 24, 2017
Arrive early
Mingle with your audience members during the breaks. Participate
Use self-deprecating humor
if you speak to an audience of seniors and use a story about you and your grandma,
Let the audience complete your sentence
ask a question to one particular person in a room: “Max, where are
A good trainer doesn’t shout, a good trainer doesn’t run around a room, and a good trainer doesn’t look worried.
approach one particular person in the audience and say your lines to him or her, as though you were talking to your
The person represents the entire audience
Anchor a phrase with a gesture
share a secret
“Honestly, I was never a good student at school,
“Who was your first teacher?”
The best way to make your speech about your audience and activate their thinking process is to use the word “YOU” and
There is no “some of you,” there is no “many of you,”
only “YOU.”
If you brag about your achievements, people may envy you or think that you are full of yourself, but they won’t accept your ideas.
Share how you failed in the beginning and how difficult the circumstances were to make your listeners see that your results are achievable for them too. Your audience will sit on the edge of their seats and they’ll want to hear
if you won an Olympic gold medal in swimming, share your failures first.
you are not any better, smarter or more talented than they are.
say that another person gave you advice that changed your life,
if you promote yourself, people will never accept your ideas;
If you asked me, “What is the most powerful technique in public speaking?” I would say, “Sincerity, for sure!” Be sincere and natural on stage, be yourself. It has an amazing power.
3 techniques that are fundamental in public speaking: tell stories, be passionate and energetic
to build up your energy level before you give your speech. Here are few techniques
The size of your gestures depends on the size of the audience
Make broad, open gestures
best gestures are facial expressions
Smile People like positive people.
“Gestures shouldn’t be rehearsed. The most important gestures are facial expressions and eye expressions.”
often the imaginary steering wheel is much larger than the real steering wheel of the car.
turn your steering wheel constantly left, right, left, right how
the left side of the room from the audience’s perspective
People read from left to right,
Stand straight, wear professional attire and move slowly.
Speak slowly and people will consider you to be a thoughtful and clever person.
pick people for eye contact, pick positive people more often.
Don’t concentrate on the one negative person who sucks your energy.
Pause instead of saying a filler word
Don’t interrupt your audience
pause when the audience laughs.
The audience will forgive you for anything except being boring.
remember that people remember information only in the form of stories?
give 3 examples
mention 3 actions
PowerPoint is for pictures, not for
If you have words on the slide, don’t have more than 8.”
After you stop talking about a picture or a graph on the slide, press the “B button” which will make PowerPoint go blank.
Stand on the right side of the screen
imperfections in your speech,
