public speaking (day 1)
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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/