11 Additional Tips For Your Public Speaking/ Presentations Here are some more Great Tips to Improve Your Presentations!
Never Tell the Audience that you are Nervous or Not Prepared! It could become a self-fulfilling prophecy. ! They want you to succeed! They came to see and hear you talk and learn something.
Continually Refresh Your Material Refresh your Content and Introduction ! Set up 驶Google Alerts始 so you always have the latest information. ! ! This will make you an Expert!
Have and Use a Digital Recorder ! ! !
Use it to ! Record Ideas for speeches. ! Record Speeches.
Warm up the Audience! ! !
Have a 驶Show Before the Show始 ! Perhaps a PowerPoint Loop that 驶primes the audience始 for Your Presentation.
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Customize Your Presentation ! ! ! !
For each Audience ! Customize Your Introduction ! Customize Your Presentation Be Audience Centered!
Brand Yourself! ! !
Develop a Signature Close that Brands You and Your Topic. ! The Last thing you say, will be the First thing your audience will remember.
ʻSTUFFʼ Happens! ! !
Have a ʻPlan Aʼ, ʻPlan Bʼ, and even a ʻPlan Cʼ (Iʼve had a projector break down five minutes before a presentation. Luckily, the facility had a spare!)
Connect Emotionally with Your Audience #
If you want the audience to Get It!, there is no better way!
Arrive Early ! ! ! !
If the presentation is at 9:00 ! You arrive at 7:00! Check out the room, equipment, seating, etc. Meet & Greet guests as they arrive!
Last Minute Mirror Check ! !
Have one with your other presentation materials. Check hair, teeth, face, clothing. . .
Kiwi Fruit
Your Slides should use Minimal Text ! !
32 point font minimum Arial, Helvetica or Gill Sans
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Much Better to Use Hi-Res Graphics! ! !
A picture is worth 1000 words! Images help your audience Get It!
FRED E. MILLER
Fred@NoSweatPublicSpeaking.com NoSweatPublicSpeaking.com 314-517-8772