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Public speaking tips – keep it short

12.10.2014 by Admin

Keep it short: Blaise Pascal once famously commented, “I have only made this letter rather long because I have not had time to make it shorter.” While it seems like the challenge of speaking with limited preparation would be finding enough to say, the opposite is often true. When at a loss for words, many of us underestimate the time we need — cramming in so many stories and points that we run well over our time and dilute our message. No one will appreciate your economy of words more than your listeners, so when in doubt, say less.

There’s no substitute for practice in offering impromptu remarks, and there are many things to consider when preparing for a great talk. But mastering a few basics, like those above, can make these public comments less stressful to prepare and easier for audiences to hear.

To succeed in keeping it short, we close the circle and go back to what we shared at the very beginning of our public speaking tips series, namely defining a structure. Know your intro, you main points and the supporting points for them and your conclusion. Don’t overdo it with detail, ideally have a clock in your eyesight to keep track of time or ask someone you know well from the audience to give you a sign at certain intervals.

We hope that our public speaking tips ranging from defining your structure, keeping your audience in mind, putting the punchline first, memorizing what to say not how to say it and keeping it short will equip you with some basic tools to prepare yourself for successful public speaking performances.

We’d love to here about your experience implementing any of those tips and how it went for you. Please share below.

 

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Public speaking tips – memorize what to say, not how to say it

08.10.2014 by Admin

To continue on our public speaking tips series, we have another helpful advise to you. So far, we invited you to apply various tools such as defining your structure, putting the punchline first and remembering your audience as some of the most useful public speaking tips.

Memorize what to say, not how to say it: How many times have you practiced exactly how to say something in your head then frozen up or completely forgotten in the moment? In complex speeches, you might have to remember 5-10 citations, 4-5 examples with names and places as well as supporting statistics. That’s a lot to research and remember in 30 minutes or less. The trick here is to focus on memorizing key stories and statistics, rather than practicing the delivery. If you spend your time on how to say something perfectly, you’ll stumble through those phrasings and you’ll forget all the details that can make them come alive. Or worse, you’ll slavishly read from a PowerPoint or document rather than hitting the high points fluidly with your audience. If you know your topic, the words will come.

So, in order for you to score on memorizing what to say, not how to say it, make sure you are confident with your topic and know what you are talking about. Most people have a high anxiety and low confidence before a presentation because they are scared of being asked a question to which they might not have an answer. In case you really get into such a situation, stay calm and professional. None of us is a walking encyclopedia and rather than making something up on the go that might not be true, you can say “Thank you for your questions, it is an excellent one. I would be delighted to look into that more in depth and revert to you with an detailed answer.” That even encourages you to connect with the audience and sets a great base for further communication.

 

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Public Speaking tips – remember your audience

23.09.2014 by Admin

So far, we have covered some critical public speaking tips, namely how defining your structure and the power of a punchline will make you succeed at every public speaking occasion. The next public speaking tip is about your audience.

Remember your audience: All it takes is a few lines to make an audience feel acknowledged and a speech feel fresh. Tie the city in which you are speaking into your introduction. Draw parallels between the organization you’re addressing and one of the stories you tell. Mention someone by name, connecting them to the comments you’re offering. These are small gestures, but they make your remarks more tailored and relevant.

There is a significant difference on how you will present and the terminology you use based on who is in the audience. Scientists might want to hear one perspective, business people another and younger vs. more experienced listeners will also have a different set of expectations.

You can have the most competent presentation but if your audience is not educated enough on that topic, they will not get your message.

So make sure to put yourself in the shoes of your audience at all times and imagine what you would want to hear, if you were listening to someone giving a speech on that particular topic.

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Public speaking tips – power of the punchline

17.09.2014 by Admin

In our series about public speaking tips, we are sharing with you today the next useful advice.

Put the punchline first: What is a punchline, you might want to ask? It is a profound statement, usually the word, sentence or exchange of sentences which is intended to provoke a thought in the listeners. It is a powerful sentence that reveals the point of the speech, what it is you are really going to focus on.

Any presentation should have a clear thesis stated up front so that listeners can easily follow and interpret the comments that follow. We have seen many times presenters ramble through a speech with the audience wondering to the very end about the point of the comments. Giving a good business speech is not like telling a good joke. Don’t save the punch line for the end.

How do you prepare your punchline? There are several aspects to consider. Firstly, make sure it is straight to the point, clear and focused. You don’t want to have an explanation to follow your punchline but rather for your audience to grasp it immediately. Secondly, make it provocative. You want to trigger the audience’s  interest and curiosity so that they want to listen more of what you are going to say. Lastly, make sure to include some humor where possible. Not every talk may allow and the circumstances for humor might not be appropriate, but if it fits, a humorous punchline is what will guarantee your the success performance.

Have a presentation coming up? What’s your punchline? We’d love to hear.

 

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