DO NOT READ THIS !

UNLESS you want to find out how to capture youraudience's attention before you reach the lectern

Your first impression is made before you reach the lectern It consists of three parts; you, the speaker, can control and should prepare for each part

THE FIRST PART is to have a snappy, attention-getting, gotcha !title for your presentation Make the audience want to hear what you have to say (like we obviously did with the title above - you're reading on aren't you?) Keep it simple Make sure the audience will understand it Don't use $3.98 words that they won't understand, or that the Toastmaster who introduces you will mispronounce Ifthe audience doesn't know what you are going to speak about, they will tune out

TheToastmaster's introduction can makeor break your presentation, so the second part is to prepare an introduction that the Toastmaster can readword-for-word The introduction setsthe stage for your presentation By providing your own, you

KATHRYN L HALL CTM

WORK FOR:

GRAPHIC DYNAMICS, INC

PERSONAL GOALS:

TO BECOME A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AND WRITER

LEADERSHIP GOAL:

TO BE THE NUMBER ONE AREA GOVERNOR IN FLORIDA AND ADVANCE TO ATM

MOST INTERESTED IN:

THE CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT SEEN IN ONESELF AND IN OTHERS

JOINED TOASTMASTERS: 1988

D.C STULTZ, DTM, USING ONE OF THOUSANDS OF MYSTIFYING ATTENTION-GETTERS AT THE RECENT SUMMER CONFERENCE AT COCOA BEACH, FLORIDA can make sure the stage is set for a light hearted comedy, not a horror show Professional speakers do this; so should you And, it is doubly important to do it when you give outside speeches.

The third part is how you approach the lectern after the introduction, including your snappy title, is finished Get there in a hurry Show enthusiasm Make the audience believe that here is someone with an important message that we just can't wait to deliver In fact, we always try to station ourselves at the back of the meeting room so we can literally run to the lectern It gets the adrenaline flowing and keeps the audience from getting bored applauding as you creep to the lectern

Follow these three simple steps and your next presentation will start off with a bang I

D.C. STULTZ, DTM.