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1. PUBLIC SPEAKING /
PRESENTATIONS
Extra Tips
Here are some valuable ideas
that will improve
Your Presentations!
EXTRA SPEAKING TIPS
Here are tips that will improve your presentations.

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

3. 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.

4. My Speech
I
A
B
C
II
A
B
III
A
B
LINEAR or DIAGRAM
The problem with going linear to develop a speech is that weʼre trying to organize thoughts
before we develop them. Our brains donʼt think this way.
! In this case, IIIB should be ID.

5. Sub-Topic
Sub-Topic Sub-Topic
Main
Subject
Mind Map
Sub-Topic Sub-Topic
MIND MAPPING
! Mind mapping brings together the left, linear and right, creative sides of the brain.
! This is a basic mind map with the main subject in the center and sub-topics radiating from the center.
mastermindmapper.com

6. MIND MAPPING
! This is a Speakerʼs Template
mastermindmapper.com

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

8. EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #4
HUMOR
! 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.

9. EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #5
PROPS
! 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

10. EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #6
PRACTICE
! Malcolm Gladwell - 10,000 hours to be an expert - Michael Phelps
! Practice makes perfect - Perfect practice makes perfect - The road to perfection never ends.
Practice in mirror, video, audio, friends and family. Join Toastmasters.

11. EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #7
TIMING
! Respect the program and time of others
! Have talk in modules

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

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

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

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

16. EXTRA SPEAKING TIP #11
POWER 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

17. Fred E. Miller
Writer - Speaker - Coach
Public Speaking and Presentation Skills
Contact
314-517-8772
Fred@NoSweatPublicSpeaking.com
http://www.nosweatpublicspeaking.com