DON’T WORRY ALL THE GREAT SPEAKERS WERE BAD SPEAKERS AT FIRST
HERE ARE SOME CLUES ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SPEAKING
WHAT TO DO? LISTEN TO YOURSELF WORK ON THE IDENTIFIED PROBLEMS CONQUER YOUR NERVES IMPROVE YOUR BREATHING IMPROVE YOUR VOICE
A GOOD SPEAKER NEEDS; A FLUENT,CLEAR VOICE A CONFIDENT APPEARANCE A WELL RESEARCHED SUBJECT A SMILE THE ABILITY TO APPEAL AN AUDIENCE A SINCERE APPROACH GOOD USE OF LANGUAGE THE POWER OF PERSUASION
TO ADRESS ONE PERSON PRECISE TIMING SELF CONTROL ATTENTION GAINING TECHNIQUES AN EASY PROGRESSION OF IDEAS A SENSE OF AUDIENCE REACTION ADAPTION TO NEEDS OF THE AUDIENCE A GENIUNE DESIRE TO COMMUNICATE A LIST OF DON’TS
DON’T SPEAK UNPREPARED BE APOLOGETIC LEARN YOUR SPEECH BY HEART AND THEN RECITE IT BE SO MARRIED TO YOUR NOTES MUMBLE SPEAK SO QUICKLY SPEAK SO SLOWLY SPEAK IN A MONOTONE HARANGUE GIVE LENGTHY STATISTICS QUOTE WITHOUT GIVING YOUR SOURCE PATRONISE YOUR LISTENERS OVER-USE SLANG, JARGON OR ACRONYMS EXPRESSIONS
APPEARANCE BE COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR CHOICE OF CLOTHES CHECK YOUR APPEARANCE BEFORE GOING INTO PUBLIC VIEW ERR ON THE SIDE OF FORMAL DRESSING CONTROL YOUR HANDS STAND EASILY ENSURE THAT ANY EXTRA EQUIPMENT WORKS
ADAPTING TO THE AUDIENCE ALWAYS SHOW SINCERITY CHOOSE SHORTER WORDS THE YOUNG AND THE ELDERLY ARE PEOPLE BE INTERESTED IN SATISFYING YOUR LISTENERS
CHOOSING THE BEST LANGUAGE NEVER USE A LONG WORD WHERE A SHORT ONE WILL DO IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO CUT OUT A WORD, ALWAYS CUT IT OUT NEVER USE THE PASSIVE WHERE YOU CAN USE THE ACTIVE NEVER USE A FOREIGN PHRASE, A SCIENTIFIC WORD OR A JARGON IF YOU CAN THINK OF AN ENGLISH ONE TRY OUT A NEW WORD BEFORE USING IN PUBLICLY
THE USE OF HUMOUR CHOOSE JOKES CAREFULLY NEVER EMBARRASS IF A JOKE FALLS FLAT,IGNORE IT AND CONTINUE
PLANNING A SPEECH THINK ABOUT YOUR TOPIC CAREFULLY FIND A STARTLING BEGINNING TRY WORKING BACKWARDS FROM A STUNNING CONCLUSION PLOT YOUR SPEECH IN NOTE FORM EXPAND THOSE NOTES TIME TO THE MINUTE
MONITOR YOUR PRESENTATION DON’T CONCLUDE WITH THANK YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR SPEECH-WHAT TO BE IMPROVED