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“PublicspeakingisthenumberonefearinAmerica.

Deathisnumbertwo.”

~TheBigFishBlog

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TOPICS WE’LL DISCUSS

➤ Preparation – TheKeytoSuccessfulSpeech

➤Organization – GotheExtraMileforAttendees

➤ Content – FulfillingthePromise

➤Delivery – CommunicatetheInformation

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PREPARATIONTheKeytoSuccessfulSpeech

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“Itusuallytakesmemorethanthreeweekstoprepareagoodimpromptuspeech.”

~MarkTwain

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THE AUDIENCEBeginwiththeendinmind

Askyourselfthefollowing:➤ Whatissomeonegoingtoexpectwhentheyseethetopic?

➤ Whatwillmakesomeoneinvesttheirtimeinattending?

➤ Whatisgoingtohelpsomeoneleavefulfilledandhappy?

Createandpreparewithaudienceexpectationsalwaysyourfocus

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DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS

Knowyourfacility➤ Sizeofroom➤ Roomsetupandseating➤ Technologyavailable➤ Lighting

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Contactperson➤ Confirmeventdetails(location,topic,time,etc.)➤ Obtainemergencycontactinfo

THE COLD HARD TRUTH

Surveys➤ Helpfulinsighttowhatwaswellreceived…ornot…inthepast

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“Thesuccessofyourpresentationwillbejudgednotbytheknowledgeyousendbutbywhatthelistenerreceives.”

~LillyWalters

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ORGANIZATIONGotheExtraMileforAttendees

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SET THE TONE

Bereadypriortostartofevent➤ Presentationreadyandtechnicalitemstested➤ Firstimpressionsareverypowerful

Interactwithpeopleastheyentertheroom➤ Helpsthemfeelwelcome➤ Youlearnmoreaboutwhoisattendingandwhy

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SETTING THE EXPECTATIONS

Agenda➤ Whatarewegoingtoaccomplish?

➤ Topicswearegoingtocover

➤ Hereiswhyitisimportant

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Layouttheroadmapforattendees

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“Ididn’thavetimetowriteashortletter,soIwrotealong

oneinstead.”

~MarkTwain

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CONTENTFulfillingthePromise

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FINE TUNINGThe Heavy Lifting

Startwithquantityandmovetoquality➤ Getallyourpointswrittendownthenreview➤ Honecontentintokeysegments➤ Setyourmilestonestoestablishyourcadence,logicflowandstaywithintimeconstraints

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CONTENT BREEDS CONFIDENCE

QualityMaterial➤ Doestheinformationmatchtherequest?➤ Doyouhaveenoughorneedmore?

➤ Wouldvideosorahandoutenhanceyourmessage?

➤ Doesitflowandemphasizethedesiredpremise?

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TIME MANAGEMENT

Fillallottedtime➤ Knowexpectations➤ Setmilemarkersinthepresentation✦ Visualslidechanges

depictingtransitions✦ Humorordiscussionslides

➤ TimeforQ&Aexpected?➤ Practicecadence

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“Ifyoudon’tknowwhatyouwanttoachieveinyour

presentationyouraudienceneverwill.”

~HarveyDiamond

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ENHANCE YOUR MESSAGE

Becarefulwhendesigningvisualaids➤ Font(size,type,universal)➤ Color(easyontheeyesandreadable)

➤ Bullets(synopsisofpointsnotwholestory)➤ Simplewording➤ Meantasareference➤ Includecontactinformation

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ENHANCE YOUR MESSAGE

GoodSlide BadSlide

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✦ Fresh fruit leads Chile’s export mix✦ Pursuit of free market economy leads to

diversification✦ U.S - the largest single market for Chile’s

fruit exports✦ Bullet points enhance information – not

meant to deliver full message

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SPELL CHECK

Don’trelysolelyonsoftwarespellchecker:

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Eyehalveaspellingchequer

Itcamewithmypeasea

Itplainlymarquesfourmyrevue

Misssteakseyekinknotsea.

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DELIVERYCommunicatetheInformation

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CONFIDENCE

Builtfromanunderstandingofwhatyouhave➤ Qualitymaterial➤ Knowledgeoftopic➤ Examples➤ Preparation➤ Practice

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CONFIDENCE

Practicemakesperfect➤ Timeyourselftobuildyourcadence➤ Takeabreathinsteadofsaying“Uhm…”➤ Useamirrortohelpcontrolmannerismsandviewbodylanguage

➤ Maximizeseguesforsmoothflowandtransitions

➤ Smile

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ALLOWS FOR ANTICIPATION

Yourplanningandpreparationallowsyouto:

➤ Anticipateattendeequestions

➤ Controldiscussiononpossiblestickingpointsorcomplicatedissues

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“Bestwaytoconquerstagefrightistoknowwhatyou’re

talkingabout.”

~MichaelHMescon

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REMEMBER 4 P’S

People

Place

Preparation

Presentation

Thesearetheelementsofasuccessfulpublicspeakingexperience!

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QUESTIONS

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CONTACT INFO

KathleenBrownSaintMary’sCollege574-284-4557

kbrown@saintmarys.edu

BillWozniakINvestEd

317-715-9002wwozniak@investedindiana.org

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