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PUBLIC SPEAKING / PRESENTATIONS Extra Tips Here are some valuable ideas that will improve Your Presentations! EXTRA SPEAKING TIPS Here are tips that will improve your presentations.

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PUBLIC SPEAKING / PRESENTATIONS

Extra Tips

Here are some valuable ideasthat will improve

Your Presentations!

EXTRA SPEAKING TIPSHere are tips that will improve your presentations.

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EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #1JOIN TOASTMASTERS! Great place to learn the basics with lots of support.! Visit several clubs before joining because they each have their own distinct qualities.

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EXTRA TIPS FOR PRESENTATIONS!MIND MAPPING! Non-linear, visual, brain storming tool that brings together the left, linear and right, creative sides of our brain.! This is the ʻSwiss Army Knifeʼ for the Brain.

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LINEAR or DIAGRAMThe problem with going linear to develop a speech is that weʼre trying to organize thoughtsbefore we develop them. Our brains donʼt think this way.! In this case, IIIB should be ID.

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MIND MAPPING! Mind mapping brings together the left, linear and right, creative sides of the brain.! This is a basic mind map with the main subject in the center and sub-topics radiating from the center.

mastermindmapper.com

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MIND MAPPING! This is a Speakerʼs Template

mastermindmapper.com

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EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #3HANDOUTS! Donʼt hand them out unless a workshop.! They become a distraction to your talk.

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EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #4HUMOR! If done well, can be like icing on a cake.! Tough! ! If say Iʼll be funny and not, theyʼll be laughing at me rather than with me.

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EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #5PROPS! Can enhance! Rule! ! Put away when finished! Example: Hat speech - Each hat indicates a ʻHatʼ we wear in our lives! Sometime best prop is NONE - Example - Picture your favorite Coffee Cup

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EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #6PRACTICE! Malcolm Gladwell - 10,000 hours to be an expert - Michael Phelps! Practice makes perfect - Perfect practice makes perfect - The road to perfection never ends.

Practice in mirror, video, audio, friends and family. Join Toastmasters.

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EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #7TIMING! Respect the program and time of others! Have talk in modules

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EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #8BUZZ WORDS! NO buzz words or jargon.! You wonʼt impress an audience - youʼll lose them.! Simple is best.

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EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #9WATER! For cotton mouth! ! Room temperature - NOT ice water, NOT hot tea of coffee.! ! Lozenges! ! ! NOT cherry - red tongue!

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EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #10CONSTANTLY take TEMPERATURE of the audience! Facial Expressions! Body language! ASK - ʻDoes that make sense?ʼ! ! May have to re-state in a different manner

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EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #10QUESTIONS! NOT after conclusion! ! The CONCLUSION is the CONCLUSION - Period.! Throughout talk or time set aside for them

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EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #11POWER POINT! What DIDNʼT you see in my slides?! ! Lots of text and bullet points - “YOU supply the text!” ! ! Reading text doesnʼt reinforce message, it confuses it.! Donʼt use fancy build-ins, build outs and transitions

! CLEAN and SIMPLE is best

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Fred E. MillerWriter - Speaker - Coach

Public Speaking and Presentation Skills

Contact314-517-8772

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