1. Glossophobia Is NOT the fear of Lip Gloss

2. Fears ► Public speaking is often cited as the number one fear ► Spiders are number two ► Death is third!!

3. Picturing the Audience Naked Where does this really get anyone?

4. Rules to Present by… ► Know your audience ► Know your presentation ► Know a joke ► Know how you sound ► Know how you look ► Know that this is NOT a fate worse than death!

5. Your Audience Never forget who you are talking to!

6. Audiences ► An audience is much easier to control than separate individuals ► In order to woo your audience, there are two things you must do 1. Find out what they want to hear 2. Figure out how to get your message across anyway

7. Know what they want to hear ► Research your audience  What is the average member like?  What is the average age?  What might they already know?  What are they expecting to learn? ► What can these things affect?  Word choice  Body language  Your image

8. Conveying “Your” Message ► Stereotype!  Pretend the audience is just one person  Even if it is a big, fat, multi-headed person! ► Make eye contact!  Making eye contact means making a connection. Making a connection is your number one goal!

9. Conveying “Your” Message ► Consider letting the audience participate  Those who “don’t”, teach  They have a more vested interest  They may know more  You’re not as interesting as you think! ► What does participation look like?  Show of hands  Flip chart responses  Find out what they need to/want to/already know  Let them talk, but not all the time  10-Second rule

10. Your Presentation ► Three components  The introduction  The body  The conclusion

11. What You Say ► Vary your word choice ► Get a thesaurus  No, a new one!!  Expand your vocabulary to expand their mind ► Keep it conversational  Talk with your audience, not to them ► Paint a picture

12. What You Say ► Humor always helps  Just make sure its funny  Test it out on someone else ► Rewrite your speech  I know as professional presenters we always know exactly what to say  But, audiences may not know exactly what they are supposed to hear!

13. How You Look ► Gestures  Less is more  Use gestures with active words  Practice them in front of a mirror ► Posture  Don’t forget what your mom told you  Don’t forget when to forget what mom told you!

14. How Do You Get to the Met? Practice!

15. Methods of Practice ► Full-length mirror  I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and gosh darn it, people want to hear what I have to say! ► Tape record, or even better, video tape ► Gather friends  Family  Coworkers  Nuns  Family pets ► Rehearse small sections throughout the day

16. You have nothing to fear, but fear itself! Well, fear…and death and spiders and public speaking

17. Physical Preparation ► Don’t consume dairy the night before  Unless you really need some Ben & Jerry’s ► A clean mouth is a happy mouth ► Look presentable ► Go to the bathroom 30 minutes before ► Vocal exercises help  Selling seashells and other tongue twisters

18. Mental Preparation ► "The audience's initial impression of me is made within the first three seconds of my appearance." ► "I look better than I feel." ► "A mistake will not matter much." ► "The audience wants me to succeed!"