1. Public Speaking & Elements of Excellent Ritual
Or how I learned to relax,
and get the Ritual Advisor off of my back…

5. Public Speaking & Elements of Excellent Ritual
Or how I learned to relax,
got the Ritual Advisor off of my back,
and ended up with his job…

6. Credit where credit is due: From an article by Morton C. Orman M.D.
Part 1: Public Speaking
Credit where credit is due:
From an article by
Morton C. Orman M.D.

7. Public Speaking does NOT have to be stressful!

8. Where we are going… 10 Principles for conquering anxieties
11 “Hidden” causes of stress

9. Principle #1
Public Speaking is not “inherently” stressful

11. Principle #2
You don’t have to be brilliant or perfect to excel

12. Principle #3
All you need is two or three key points

13. Too much is too much! Today’s topic:
Semiotic Modeling of Dialectic Modalities in Low-Density Modern Sino-Asiatic Tongues…

14. K.I.S.S. The Golden Rule Keep It Simple Son*
* The word that normally appears here is “Stupid”, but this is DeMolay after all…

15. Principle #4
Remember your Purpose

16. GIVE!

17. Principle #5
The best way to excel in front of an audience is NOT to consider yourself to be very good at it…

18. Know thyself

19. Be yourself

20. Principle #6
Humility and Humor can go a long way

21. Be real

22. Principle #7
Nothing “Bad” can happen

23. What if….?
SO WHAT!!!

24. Principle #8
You don’t have to control your Audience

25. Principle #9
Don’t Overprepare!

26. Principle #10
Your Audience sincerely wants you to do well

27. 11 “Hidden” causes for stress in public speaking situations
Thinking that Public Speaking is “inherently" stressful (it’s not!)
Thinking you need to be Brilliant or Perfect
Trying to put out too much information
Having the wrong goal in mind
Trying to please everyone (unrealistic)
Trying to be someone you’re not rather than just being yourself
Failing to be humble
Being fearful of “bad” things happening
Trying to control the wrong things (audience)
Over-preparing
Thinking the Audience will be too critical

28. The 10 Principles Public Speaking is not stressful
You don’t have to be brilliant or perfect
All you need is two or three key points
Remember your purpose
Don’t believe you are what you aren’t
Humility and Humor can go a long way
Nothing “Bad” can happen
Control the things you can
Don’t Over-prepare
Your Audience sincerely wants you to do well

29. Breathe

30. Now that you are relatively comfortable and confident…
Let’s put it into a DeMolay context

31. Part 2: Four elements of excellent ritual
This section is all original material and concepts…

32. Element #1: The Meaning Know the meaning of ALL the words
Know what message is being conveyed
In the DeMolay Degree, know the motivations of the characters

33. Element #2: The Words Learn the words EXACTLY
Pronounce the words precisely
Practice, and practice again

34. Hand in Hand
Those first two elements need to be 100% before you should attempt to forge ahead with the last two elements

35. Element #3: Interpretation
Work the emphasis
Work the intonation
Work the pacing

36. Element #4: Confidence of Delivery
Run it again and again, with all the other elements in place, until you are dreaming it every night, and it becomes absolutely automatic
PLAN FOR CONTINGENCIES!

37. Remember!
Remember your purpose, as we discussed in Part 1. GIVE not get. Even if you are in competition.

38. The four elements are: Know the Meaning Know the Words
Perfect your Interpretation
Gain Confidence of Delivery

39. Final Summary
Public Speaking can be fun and easy

40. Questions?