LEVELS OF

PUBLICSPEAKING

ARE NOT THE SAME

ALL THE LEVELS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING

DIFFERENT CHALLENGESDIFFERENT TECHNIQUES

HERE ARE

SIXGENERALIZED

LEVELSFIND OUT YOURS

THEFROZEN

KIDLEVEL ONE

SO NERVOUS THAT

YOU LOOK LIKE A

DEAD MAN STANDING

ORFROZEN STATUE

ON THE STAGE?

(PEOPLE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE AROUND)

YOUR WAY UP

WORK

PRACTICEREGULAR AND FREQUENT

IF YOU CAN DO IT IN FRONT OF CLOSED ONES,

YOU CAN DO IT ANYWHERE, ON ANY STAGE

CONVINCE YOURSELF

PREPAREDMR./MS. STAMMER

LEVEL TWO

LOTS OF

STAMMERING

AND

VERBAL

MISTAKES

STILL

SCRIPT

PREPARATION

WHEN ON THE STAGE, TRY TO SPEAK IN FULL SENTENCES

AT ONCE RATHER THAN SEPARATED WORDS/PHRASES

EFFECTS OF …

WE SHOULD UM..BE MORE ..

CONSCIOUS OF THE . .UH..WE SHOULD BE MORE* BREATHE/TAKE A SECOND *

* BREATHE/TAKE A SECOND *

CONSCIOUS OF THE EFFECTS OF

SLOW DOWN AND HOLD YOUR CALM

KNOW YOUR CONTENTS REALLY

WELL, DON’T JUST MEMORIZE.

WORK ON YOUR LANGUAGE SKILL

IF YOU PRESENT IN NON-NATIVE

LANGUAGE

TRY USING AN OUTLINE

RATHER THAN A SCRIPT

WHEN YOU CAN GIVE

FAIRLY FLUENT SPEECHES,

UNPREPARED MR./MS. STAMMER

LEVEL THREE

DOESN’T USE SCRIPT OR PREP, BUT

STAMMER ALONG THE WAY LIKE THE

PREVIOUS GROUP

SAME TIP AS PREVIOUS:

HOLD YOUR CALM, DON’T RUSH

START USING OUTLINES

PRACTICE SEVERAL TIMES

WORK ON YOUR LANGUAGE SKILLS

IF IT IS NOT YOUR NATIVE LANGUAGE

LEVEL FOUR :

THE FLUENT,

BORING GUY

THE BLA-BIDY-BU-BLA SPEAKER WHO

PUTS PEOPLE TO SLEEP FASTER THAN INSOMNIA PILLS

SLEEPING

PILLS

THIS GUY NEEDS TO

EXPRESS IT LIKE A

STORY (STORYTELLING)

EXPRESS IT LIKE A STORY

You’re doing a presentation, so you start with the

facts you want to get across. Wrong! Humans are

hardwired for stories. They love heroes, journeys,

surprises, layers and happy endings

- Ffion Lindsay (From her Sparkol article)

AND BE MORE EMOTIVE

MORE INTERACTIVE

TIP #1

START USING VARIATION IN

YOUR VOCAL DELIVERY

(LOUD VS LOW

VOICE)

SPEED AND PAUSES (WHERE TO GO FAST, WHERE TO GO

SLOW, WHERE TO PAUSE)

(EXAMPLE: HARSH VS SOFT;

STRONG, PROTESTING

VS HEART TOUCHING;

HUMOROUS)

TONEVOLUME

TIP #2: BE MORE INTERACTIVE

GRAB ATTENTION AT

THE START (JOKE, WOW FACT, STATEMENT, OR

ANYTHING THAT CATCHES ATTENTION.

YOU CAN USE ICEBREAKING TRICKS TOO)

USE OPEN, YET RELEVANT

BODY LANGUAGE, AND

FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

TIP #2: BE MORE INTERACTIVE

HUMOR

ANECDOTEEXPERIENCE

ALMOSTLEVEL FIVE:

MAESTRO

?PEOPLE LISTEN TO THIS GUY LIKE THIS BECAUSE

S/HE IS EMOTIVE, FLUENT, ENGAGING, AND

PROBABLY CHARISMATIC TOO!

LEARN HOW TO DO EVERYTHING MENTIONED WITHOUT

PREPARATION, INSTANTLY, AND THEN YOU CAN

BECOME A -

THE MAESTROLEVEL SIX

THESE ARE GENERALIZED LEVELS.YOU MAY OR MAY NOT FIT IN ANY OF THESE COMPLETELY.

BUT IDENTIFY YOUR WEAKNESSES AND USE THE ABOVE

MENTIONED MEDICINE FOR SOLVING THEM.

GOOD LUCK :D

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CONTENT

AND DESIGN:

DAWOOD

CHOWDHURYTEAM LEADER

ALLIANCE TEAM

PODIUM