http://www.businessmouth.com/2007/07/22/12-ways-to-be-a-confident-public-speaker/ Free business views and advice from Dave Blake, serial entrepreneur Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:02:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://www.businessmouth.com/2007/07/22/12-ways-to-be-a-confident-public-speaker/#comment-48 The Duke Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:30:37 +0000 http://www.businessmouth.com/2007/07/22/12-ways-to-be-a-confident-public-speaker/#comment-48 As a speaker, lecturer, and Distinguished Toastmaster, I offer two more suggestions: 1) Do not memorize your speech. Use note cards to remind you of the key points. 2) Make sure your speech is well organized with an introduction, body and conclusion. "Tell them what you're going to tell them, tell them, tell them what you told them." Many speeches flop if they have weak introductions and/or conclusions. As a speaker, lecturer, and Distinguished Toastmaster, I offer two more suggestions:
1) Do not memorize your speech. Use note cards to remind you of the key points.
2) Make sure your speech is well organized with an introduction, body and conclusion. “Tell them what you’re going to tell them, tell them, tell them what you told them.” Many speeches flop if they have weak introductions and/or conclusions.

]]> http://www.businessmouth.com/2007/07/22/12-ways-to-be-a-confident-public-speaker/#comment-44 Charlie Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:47:10 +0000 http://www.businessmouth.com/2007/07/22/12-ways-to-be-a-confident-public-speaker/#comment-44 Hi all, The first time I gave a public speech was to 40 people with two hecklers in the back and I almost passed out from blood draining from my head. Right after the speech I told my good friend Joe (A professional public speaker) what happened to me, gave me some wonderful advice, he told me that I should only talk about a subject that I knew well. Secondly he said, “that I was doing something that most of the people in the audience couldn’t do and they would be more nervous then you.” Thirdly he said. “If looking at the people is distracting then look just over their heads and scan back and forth slowly.” It’s now many years later and I love to give lectures, I now feel I own the audience when I am before them. Hi all, The first time I gave a public speech was to 40 people with two hecklers in the back and I almost passed out from blood draining from my head.
Right after the speech I told my good friend Joe (A professional public speaker) what happened to me, gave me some wonderful advice, he told me that I should only talk about a subject that I knew well. Secondly he said, “that I was doing something that most of the people in the audience couldn’t do and they would be more nervous then you.” Thirdly he said. “If looking at the people is distracting then look just over their heads and scan back and forth slowly.”
It’s now many years later and I love to give lectures, I now feel I own the audience when I am before them.

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