Public Speaking & Inspiring

Dr. Bibi Alajmi

Twitter @DrBibiAlajmi

2012

Summit Work Shops

Conducting Effective Presentations

Presentation Steps: Is this what you’re looking for

• Tell them how you are going to bore them.

• Bore them.

• And tell them how you bored them.

My

presentation

today is

about….

Go On..and

On…and

On..and on

And Finally,

this pres.

was about…

Dr. Bibi Alajmi - Conducting Effective Presentations @DrBibiAlajmi Copyright 2011/2012

What public speaking is really about ?

• Talking

• Inspiring

• Passion

• Knowledge and NOT information


Table of content Connecting with yourself Connecting with your audience Connecting with your content Connecting as an audience: Let’s Practice

Conducting Effective Presentations


Where does it start ? You & Yourself

Glossophobia: The Fear of Public Speaking - 75% of the population is affected by it to some degree. - Ranks way above spiders, rats, snakes, dental surgery. - One survey, ranked before DEATH.

Reasons for anxiety - Not well prepared. - Less knowledgeable about the subject. - Lack of objective. - Not knowing the audience well enough.

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) - Physiology (علم وظائف االعضاء): Uncertain, hopeful, certain. - Confidence Exercise – Swishing. - Confidence Exercise – Scrambling. (Source: http://www.speaklikeapro.co.uk)


http://www.speaklikeapro.co.uk/


Finding your pulse

Get in touch with your WHY: Why speakers speak

YOU FEEL ALIVE

YOU GET ACTION

YOU GET DIVIDENDS

Exercise: Let’s try to find our pulse, and plan for improving it



What makes you feel “unsafe” ?

- Your mind goes BLANK.

- Timing change.

- Technical issues.

- Any kind of accidents…you name it.

What’s your emergency safety strategy ?

Do you ever have one !!!


Where does it start? You & Your Audience

* Make an impact

- Give them something to remember.

- Make their lives better.

* Give them substance

- Say something they can use immediately.

- Say something new.

- Give them answers, solutions, tips.

* Customize to them - Know their industry.

- Speak their language.

* Connect with your audience - Get and hold their attention. - Entertain them. - Talk to them personally.


Where does it start? You & Your Audience

• Feel comfortable, your audience will feel comfortable.

• The journey of self-discovery, shouldn't be in your plan.

• Proper Eye Contact: The three-second rule.


How does it work? You & Your Content

• Find your message – Identify your audience and topic. – Start with your content message: what do you want to get

across. – Keep asking the “what’s important about…” question.

• Organize your presentation – Outline your main points. – Don’t forget your table of content. – Design the introduction : Your OPENNING say it all. – Write a strong and implicit CONCLUSION. – Don’t forget your “BANG….BANG”.



• Organize your slides – Less detailed in the slides, more detailed in the spoken. – Use visual aids (images, tables, figures…). – Sum up your thought whenever you end and move to another

thought. – Never, include what you’re not confident about.

• Adopt the art of POWERTALK – The power of pause. – The power of statistics. – The power of quotes. – The power of reading: See/stop/say technique. – The power of questions.


The power of STORYTELLING: An effective tool for connecting, and conveying messages.

“ Speaking your heart….Speaking to their heart “ Do you have a favorite story ? A Killer story, that absolutely clinches the point

you’re trying to make ? What Al-kharaz had to say (Let’s hear his story) Criteria

– Story has to be SHORT – Story has to be TRUE – Story has to produce PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTION – Story has to be POSITIVE



It’s your turn to speak…Now

• Best strategy when you don’t know when you are going to speak.

– Get yourself present in the moment,

– Get out of your head

– Get into the situation

– Don’t over plan what you’re going to say.


Speaking for influence

• Get into groups (4-5 member) • Select a PRIME MINISTER and an EVALUATER. • Two/three groups will focus on EDUCATION and the

other two/three on HEALTH. • Build a vision of the future of education/health. What

has to be changed, what should be different. What strategies you will implement to reach your vision.

• Set you presentation AGENDA for 4 minutes. • Prime Minister Talk. • Evaluation and Feedback.


Managing Your Time

Start…And inspire us

Get ready to closing

Your time is up…

Before you leave…

If you want to be effective…in a different way

“You have to step out and stand out from the growing crowd of look-alikes”

Tom Peters, WOW


More Help…You can get it from

Sharing and discussing is the solution • http://www.toastmasters.org/ • http://www.kesoc.org/Projects/toastmaster.php ToastMaster Club

in Kuwait • http://muharat.com/dr نجيب الرفاعي متخصص في البرمجه العصبيه . موقع د

Reading Is the solution • The essence of public speaking series • Covey, S. (1989). The 7 habits for highly effective people. New York:

Free Press. • Humes, J. (2002). Speak like Churchill, stand like Lincoln. New York:

The River Press.


http://www.toastmasters.org/



http://www.kesoc.org/Projects/toastmaster.php

http://muharat.com/dr

Bibi Aldelham

PhD Candidate

Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey

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