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