When to Use a Microphone
When to Use a Microphone If in a large room where you are forced to be 15 to 20 feet from the audience, use a lavalier mic – the kind that tacks to your lapel or collar and leaves your hands free. Rerun from May 9, 2016
The Power of Standing for Presentations
The Power of Standing for Presentations Why standing for presentations is awesome: There is more of you to see so you and presentation are more visually stimulating and memorable. You will speak louder. Louder is better. Three of four presenters speak too softly. When volume is down, excitement is down and the presentation is less […]
Preparation- The Key to Drive Away Anxiety
Preparation- The Key to Drive Away Anxiety The three most important words for decreasing anxiety for a presentation is “Preparation, Preparation, Preparation.” Prepare your talk, outline it, write it out, make notes, immerse yourself in the materials. Rehearse it aloud until you are sick of it. Then do it one more time. Rerun […]
Death of Fear
Death of Fear Seek opportunities to speak. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Do the thing you fear to do and the death of that fear is certain.” Rerun from April 14, 2016
Special Tips for Using Quotes to Communicate the Judgment of Experts
Special Tips for Using Quotes to Communicate the Judgment of Experts For best results for using the judgment of experts as evidence to support your viewpoint or recommendation: Explain expert’s credential if not known to listeners (Example: renown physicist) Use short quotes Putting quotes on projected slides increases their power Rerun from […]
Use the Power of Analogy as Evidence In Presentations
Use the Power of Analogy as Evidence In Presentations Whenever you can, use analogies to support the points you are making. People remember vivid mental images longer than they remember words. Rerun from April 4, 2016
Presentations: Get and Use These Five Kinds of Evidence
Presentations: Get and Use These Five Kinds of Evidence To support or back up your viewpoint or recommendations, use these 5 kinds of evidence: Personal experience or story Analogy Judgment of Experts Examples Statistical Facts Rerun from March 28, 2016
Successful Speaking Means You Must Provide Evidence for Your Viewpoint or Recommendations
Successful Speaking Means You Must Provide Evidence for Your Viewpoint or Recommendations Evidence is what makes what you have to say interesting and believable. Evidence makes your presentation persuasive and memorable. Rerun from March 21, 2016
Let Your Voice Ring Out During Presentations
Let Your Voice Ring Out During Presentations Greater volume means everyone can hear all your speech sounds and can understand all your words. Wonderful is that when your voice rings out, the volume is a trigger mechanism. The rest of your body will follow, and you’ll gesture more, emphasize more, and hand movements and facial […]
All Speakers Think They Speak Louder than They Do
All Speakers Think They Speak Louder than They Do That’s because they are hearing themselves through the bone structure of their head as well as through their ears. Rerun from March 7, 2016