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Don’s Top 10 Tips for Speakers 1 BE NERVOUS
It’s OK to be nervous. Anyone who says they
speak well without nerves is either decieving
themselves, secretly an android or most
probably a boring speaker!
NUMBER 1 PHOBIA
Fear of Public Speaking is reportedly the
number 1 Phobia
EVIDENCE OF ENERGY
Nerves are the result of the body preparing
itself to perform. They focus the mind and
sharpen the senses.
MOTIVATES PREPARATION
Nerves remind us why we prepared so much
or why we should have prepared much more
Preparation gives us direction for nervous
energy
2 BE READY
Preparation is the "Key" to success. Rehearsal is
where rough edges are smoothed and hesitation
is removed by developing familiarity with the
presentation material.
REHEARSE PROPERLY BEFORE
SPEAKING
On stage is usualy not the place to practice.
Learn everything you can about your audience
before hand, especially their quesions and hot
topics.
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PREPARATION IS DISGUISED BY
REHEARSAL
Show them you "like them"
Show them you like them are "human". 5 BE BRIEF
The ultimate pro's deliver the material they
have used for years as though they had just
THEN GET TO WORK!
Once you have established rapport deliver
ENOUGH
thought of it
your message don't waste time unecessarily Always give good value and remember, a brief
YOU CAN REHEARSE IN YOUR "stroking" your audience speech is never all bad
MIND LEAVE THEM HUNGRY! NOT TOO BRIEF
The Chinese pianist Liu Chi Kung was Your audience will remember how you made Be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali,
imprisoned for seven years during the Cultural them feel not what you said. Leave them who gave the world's shortest speech. He said
Revolution, during which time he had no feeling happy, motivated and that though they I will be so brief I have already finished, and
access to a piano. When he returned to giving got a lot from the presentation, you still have he sat down.
concerts again after he was released, his more to give. i.e. "sorry that's all we have time
playing was better than ever. Asked how this for folks." PRESIDENTS
was possible since he had not practiced for
"Be sincere, Be Brief and Be Seated" Franklin
seven years, he replied: ''I did practice, every
Roosevelt
day. I rehearsed every piece I had ever played,
note by note, in my mind.'' 4 TELL STORIES "The most valuable of all talents is that of
never using two words when one will do."
The more stories you have the more options for Thomas Jefferson
3 BE IN TUNE improvisation and recovery you have
PERSONAL ANECDOTES
LASER BEAMS