11 Additional Public Speaking/Presentation Tips

11 Additional Tips For Your Public Speaking/ Presentations Here are some more Great Tips to Improve Your Presentations!

Never Tell the Audience that you are Nervous or Not Prepared!

It could become a self-fulfilling prophecy. !

They want you to succeed! They came to see and hear you talk and learn something.

Continually Refresh Your Material Refresh your Content and Introduction !

Set up 驶Google Alerts始 so you always have the latest information. ! !

This will make you an Expert!

Have and Use a Digital Recorder ! ! !

Use it to !

Record Ideas for speeches. !

Record Speeches.

Warm up the Audience! ! !

Have a 驶Show Before the Show始 !

Perhaps a PowerPoint Loop that 驶primes the audience始 for Your Presentation.

Photo Credit: El Caganer

Customize Your Presentation ! ! ! !

For each Audience !

Customize Your Introduction !

Customize Your Presentation Be Audience Centered!

Brand Yourself! ! !

Develop a Signature Close that Brands You and Your Topic. !

The Last thing you say, will be the First thing your audience will remember.

ʻSTUFFʼ Happens! ! !

Have a ʻPlan Aʼ, ʻPlan Bʼ, and even a ʻPlan Cʼ (Iʼve had a projector break down five minutes before a presentation. Luckily, the facility had a spare!)

Connect Emotionally with Your Audience #

If you want the audience to Get It!, there is no better way!

Arrive Early ! ! ! !

If the presentation is at 9:00 !

You arrive at 7:00!

Check out the room, equipment, seating, etc.

Meet & Greet guests as they arrive!

Last Minute Mirror Check ! !

Have one with your other presentation materials.

Check hair, teeth, face, clothing. . .

Kiwi Fruit

Your Slides should use Minimal Text ! !

32 point font minimum Arial, Helvetica or Gill Sans

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Much Better to Use Hi-Res Graphics! ! !

A picture is worth 1000 words!

Images help your audience Get It!

FRED E. MILLER

Fred@NoSweatPublicSpeaking.com NoSweatPublicSpeaking.com 314-517-8772