ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE YOUR PUBLIC SPEAKING:
- Create audience-focused remarks/presentations
- Identify your purpose and the one key take-away idea
- Develop and organize a cohesive speech
- Engage your audience
- Employ attention-getting introductions
- Identify memorable endings
- Write for the “ear”, not the “eye”
- Underscore your points with illustrative anecdotes/stories
- Adhere to time frames
- Use effective visual aids
- Make seamless transitions
- Handle questions and answers
- Alleviate tension with relaxation techniques
- Learn the importance of sincere eye contact
- Eliminate verbal viruses
- Identify gestures that emphasize, not distract
- Display confident body language
- Express appropriate facial expressions
- Dress to project the right image
- Add energy to your delivery
- Understand the best room set-up
- Minimize self-sabotage
PREPARE FOR:
- Speaking to large audiences
- Conducting effective meetings
- Greater participation in departmental meetings
- Presenting to Boards
- Client presentations
- Professional conferences
- Panel discussions
- Annual meetings
- One-on-one presentations
- Job interviews
- Community volunteer organizations
- Training sessions
- Toasts/Roasts
