public speaking (day 1)

Public Speaking : Prelude

# Choose Excellence

What it’s NOT about...

• It’s not about giving information

• It’s not about announcing a new policy

• It’s not about representing your department

• It’s not about submitting a proposal

• It’s not about explaining a problem

• It’s not about doing your job

Are you the best in the world?

# Overcome Fear

How do we conquer our

fears of public speaking?

Do you like birds?

Monitor your feelings as the picture changes…

Notice how your feeling towards the picture changed as its size

and colour-tone changed…

Let’s try another one…

And another…

# Plan Well

What’s the Problem / Potential?

What’s theSolution?

Why You?

What’s the Issue?

What arethe Factors?

What Next?

What’s the Task?

What are theBenefits? Why Them?

Do you have an elevator speech?

# Be Alive!

Good audiences, bad audiences

Force yourself to be enthusiastic

Fear

Excellence

Planning

Life and Enthusiasm

Do it today for next month

Do it ALL the time

Do it right now

Do it today for tomorrow / next week

Public Speaking : The Event

Effectiveness in

Communication depends on…

Words

Tone of Voice

Body Language

77%%Words

3838%%Tone of Voice

5555%%Body Language

Voice

Posture

Eye

Contact

Gestures!

How else can we ‘hold’ the attention of the audience?

OBSERVE STATES

NEVER STAND STILL

Use your bubbles!

Humour

How much?

TELL STORIES

Public Speaking: Power

So what was wrong?

Too many words!

No Images

Slides double as hand-outshand-outs

Slides used as data dumps

Ultimate Effect?

Booooo-ring!

So, here are some easy-to-remember

tips…

Use Images to carry the message…

…and evoke emotion

Never use clipart!

The Right Way to Use Images…

Some Wrong Ways to Use Images

Moving On…

Make only ONE point per slide

6Words. Per. Slide. Max!

Finally, if you want only text…

JUMP OUT!

Make sure they

• Make• Sure• Bullet-Points• Aren’t• Shown• All-at-once

Recommended Photo Sites

• http://flickriver.com

• Google Images (and other popular search engines)

• http://photobucket.com

• http://www.sxc.hu/ (Stock EXCHG)

• http://www.everystockphoto.com/