No Sweat Public Speaking Presentation

Fred E. MillerFred@NoSweatPublicSpeaking.com

NoSweatPublicSpeaking.com314-517-8772

More than Dying!

#1 FearPublic Speaking

Survey after survey ranks Public Speaking as the Number 1.

More than Dying!

Jerry Seinfeld: People give the option at a funeral would rather be in the box than give the eulogy!

BTW

Public Speaking = Presentations = Speeches = Giving Talks = Speaking, etc.

I talked to someone at AB.

Said they never did Public Speaking or gave Speeches, but did make a lot of Presentations.

WHY SPEAK?Improves one-on-one communication and small groups.Good for business. Perception is youʼre an expert.Improve self-esteem. The research shows when we get out of comfort zone and make it wider.

MY GOALThe goal of all communication: written, visual or spoken - is the same. We want the recipient(s), as quickly as possible, to “GET IT!”

They may not agree with everything. They may not agree with anything. But, unless the “GET IT!”, there canʼt be a meaningful conversation going forward

WHY SPEAK?Good for business.Improves one-on-one communication.Improve self-esteem. Get out of comfort zone and make it wider.

I Get It!

MY GOALThe goal of all communication: written, visual or spoken - is the same. We want the recipient(s), as quickly as possible, to “GET IT!”

They may not agree with everything. They may not agree with anything. But, unless the “GET IT!”, there canʼt be a meaningful conversation going forward

Speech Components ContentDelivery

3 Eʼs OF A PRESENTATION" Educate" Entertain" Explain

ContentDelivery

1Verbal

2 Non-Verbal

Components, Parts and Elements of a Speech.

EVERYTHING must be in SYNC.

Content and delivery.

If out of sync, Delivery trumps Content every time.

CONTENT" Your message

YOUR

Great Speech!

TITLEThe title should be like the marquee on a theatre.Headline of a newspaper article.Subject line of an email.Spine of a book.

This talk, “No Sweat Public Speaking!” rather than ʻSpeaking 101ʼ or ʻHow to Give a Speechʼ

INTRODUCTIONThe Introduction answers 3 questions:WHY this subject?WHY this speaker?WHY now?

Write your own. Itʼs an integral part of the speech.

Example: Toastmasterʼs 60th Anniversary. Had to come up with an Introduction that would take the focus off them and put it on me.

Why?Why?Why?

OPENING" Strong Opening." Tell them what youʼre going to tell them. "

My Speech

BODY" Tell them your message

FORMULA for Body

3 - 5Points Per Speech

MAKE A POINT - TELL A STORYPoints and stories must support the main theme.

Examples:" 3 Pʼs of Selling: Product Knowledge, Prospecting, Persistence

PERSONAL Stories

CONCLUSION: " Tell them what you told them." Strong Closing." " Challenge" " Motivational Quote" " Call to Action

My Speech

DELIVERY" Deliver the Content

NON-VERBAL ELEMENTS OF A SPEECH#1 EYE CONTACT" Find a friendly face" Eye contact conveys trust and honesty

#2 FACIAL EXPRESSIONS" Display all kinds of emotions

SMILE" I call it a non-physical hug" " Give one and you get one right back

#3 GESTURES" Example: “Capture those stories in real time, and put them in the hard drive of your brain.”

#4 POSTURE" Conveys confidence and authority" Starts before you speak

" No Jingle" No Fig Leaf

" No Ship

#5 BODY MOVEMENT" No words needed

VERBAL ELEMENTS OF A SPEECH#1 ENUNCIATION AND PRONUNCIATION

#2 Projection" Donʼt shout

#3 INFLECTION

Example of NO Inflection - Star Warʼs R2D2

I did not borrow his car.

Example:" Change inflection in this sentence.

I did not borrow his car.

Example:" Change inflection in this sentence.

I did not borrow his car.

Example:" Change inflection in this sentence.

I did not borrow his car.

Example:" Change inflection in this sentence.

I did not borrow his car.

Example:" Change inflection in this sentence.

#4 CADENCE" Vary" Average 210 words per minute" " Steve Jobs, 1/2" " " Premier presenter

#5 PAUSE" Tough" " We want to fill the silent space" Debussy - “Music is the silence between the notes.”" Time to absorb" Time for laughter" Parenthetical Pause

Lessening the FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING Youʼre not alone. Thereʼs nothing wrong with you. 75% of the population. Donʼt completely lose - Butterflies in formation Audience wants you to be successful" Preparation" Practice" Deep Breathing - (sighing / exhale)" Good nightʼs sleep" Isometrics" Meditation - Visualization

The Fear of

Public Speaking

You are not alone.75% of the population people have this fear.

Lessening the FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING " You are not alone. " 75% of the population. " Thereʼs nothing wrong with you. "

GlossophobiaThe

Fear of Public Speaking

It’s a Word,not a terminal disease,

and it Can be Cured!

Lessening the FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING " KNOW YOUR TOPIC"

Lessening the FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING " PRACTICE!

Lessening the FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING " Arrive Early and MEET & GREET!

Lessening the FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING NAME TAGS" Invite you in." They close the gap." They reach out and pull you in.

Lessening the FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING DEEP BREATHING" Feel stess releasing when you ʻSighʼ

Lessening the FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING " GOOD NIGHTʼS SLEEP

Lessening the FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING " ISOMETRICS

Lessening the FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING " MEDITATION - VISUALIZATION

Lessening the FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING " MEDICATION

3 WAYS GET PEOPLE TO REMEMBER YOUR MESSAGE#1 LAW OF PRIMACY AND RECENCY" Strong Opening" Strong Closing

#2 SOMETHING UNUSUAL" Example: white/blue baseball hat story

#3 REPETITION" This talk, Components, Parts and Elements of a Speech" " More than several times

EXTRA SPEAKING TIPSHere are tips that will improve your presentations.

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #1JOIN TOASTMASTERS" Great place to learn the basics with lots of support." Visit several clubs before joining because they each have their own distinct qualities.

EXTRA TIPS FOR PRESENTATIONS"MIND MAPPING" Non-linear, visual, brain storming tool that brings together the left, linear and right, creative sides of our brain." This is the ʻSwiss Army Knifeʼ for the Brain.

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My Speech

Why better than outlining, or doing in a linear manner

MainSubject

Sub-Topic

Sub-Topic

Sub-TopicSub-Topic

Sub-Topic

Mind Map

MIND MAPPING" This is a basic mind map with the main subject in the center and sub-topics radiating from the center.

mastermindmapper.com

MIND MAPPING" This is a Speakerʼs Template

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EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #3HANDOUTS" Donʼt hand them out unless workshop" They become a distraction to your talk

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #4HUMOR" If done well, can be like icing on a cake." Tough" " If say Iʼll be funny and not, theyʼll be laughing at me rather than with me.

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #5PROPS" Can enhance" Rule" " Put away when finished" Example: Hat speech - Each hat indicates a ʻHatʼ we wear in our lives" Sometime best prop is NONE - Example - Picture your favorite Coffee Cup

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #6PRACTICE" Malcolm Gladwell - 10,000 hours to be an expert - Michael Phelps" Practice makes perfect - Perfect practice makes perfect - Road to perfection never ends.

Practice in mirror, video, audio, friends and family. Join Toastmasters.

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #7TIMING" Respect the program and time of others" Have talk in modules" " Mind Mapping

Example: Someone looking at watch

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #8BUZZ WORDS" NO buzz words or jargon" You wonʼt impress an audience - youʼll lose them." Simple is best

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #9WATER" For cotton mouth" " Room temperature - NOT ice water, NOT hot tea of coffee" " Lozenges" " " NOT cherry - red tongue"

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #10CONSTANTLY take TEMPERATURE of the audience" Facial Expressions" Body language" ASK - ʻDoes that make sense?ʼ" " May have to re-state in a different manner

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #10QUESTIONS" NOT after conclusion" " The CONCLUSION is the CONCLUSION - Periond." Throughout talk or time set aside for them

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #11REFRESH" One of the only things in life thatʼs certain is – Change." Introduction, Opening, Speech, Closing -" Is it time to Update Them?

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #12Digital Recorder" Record ideas for speeches." Record speeches.

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #13WARM UP THE AUDIENCE" Have a Show Before the Showʼ

Photo Credit: El Caganer

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #14CUSTOMIZE " Introduction" Presentation

Be AUDIENCE CENTERED

EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #15POWER POINT" What DIDNʼT you see in my slides?" " Lots of text and bullet points - “YOU supply the text!” " " Reading text doesnʼt reinforce message, it confuses it." Donʼt use fancy build-ins, build outs and transitions

" CLEAN and SIMPLE is best

" The ʻBʼ Button

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‘DEATH BY POWERPOINT’ DEMO

QUESTIONS" My question to you. Are you GETTING IT?"One question" “If you had to give just one piece of advice to someone who wants to learn Public Speaking, what would it be?" " Speak!

You Want WHO

to Give a Presentation?

“No Sweat!” YIKES!

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Level of Concern

CONCLUSION" What I told" Closing

Fred E. MillerFred@NoSweatPublicSpeaking.com

NoSweatPublicSpeaking.com314-517-8772