This document provides tips for public speaking, emphasizing the importance of understanding one's audience. It recommends determining the audience's demographics like age, gender, occupation, culture and education. It also suggests finding out when and where the speech will take place, what the audience wants to hear and why they are listening. The document stresses the importance of knowing the audience and what they want from the speaker, such as information, persuasion, training or entertainment, before entering the room to give a public speech.

1. Never Let Them Be Strangers

2. What does TM Teach US ?

3. Speaking Planning Gestures Voice Visuals &

4. Know Your Audience

5. Collect Information and USE it

6. Age range

7. Male/female ratio

8. Occupations

9. Culture (s)

10. Education

11. What else would help?

12. 2 When Where What Why ?

14. ? What do Audiences Want from Us

15. Information

16. 3 Persuasion

17. Training

18. Entertainment

19. Know Your Audience ? ? ? ? 4 ? ?

20. Know Your Audience Who Are They? What do They Want?

21. 4 ! Before you enter the room Know Your Audience

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