7 ways to improve your public speaking
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Seven ways to improve your public speaking
Caryn ‘t Hart de Wijkerlooth
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Who feels like this whenever you have to present ? A lot of you? We will see what we can do about that. In 7 easy steps …
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#1: Engage your audience with your opening
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#1: Engage your audience with your opening
1. Since Quintilian and his Greek and Roman colleagues
2. Draw attention
3. Make them willing and able
4. Engange your audience
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#1: Engage your audience with your opening
1. Evidence2. Anecdote: 3. Statement4. Example: 5. Evidence: statistics or data
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#2: connect to the bigger picture
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#3: Body language
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#3 body language
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NOT TRUE !!!
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#3: Body language
• Arms like a weather man • Stand firmly• Hamster• No dancing
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#4: Wrapping it up
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#4: Wrapping it up
• People like it if a story has an end• Important conclusions• Last chance to make it stick
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#4 wrapping it up
• Option 1: Refer back to your opening
• Option 2: Find a phrase and structure it in a repetitive format
• Option 3: Use the title of your speech as your closing words
• Option 4: Quotation Close: Use a famous quotation to harness the audience’s attention
• “Thank you for having me” always works
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#5 overcome anxiety
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#5 overcome anxiety
• Get enough sleep: being rested helps
• Make a list of what makes you feel afraid
• And when you’re done, make a corresponding list of ways you can cope with these fears.
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#5 overcome anxiety
• Breathe deeply and slowly.
• Practice will help you feel more confident
• Take the pressure off: It doesn’t have to be perfect: even Barack Obama could improve when it comes to public speaking.
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#6: make your data speak
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#7: make your data speak
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#7: put the ‘pub’ back into ‘public speaking’
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#7: put the ‘pub’ back into ‘public speaking’
• Speak as you would speak outside the presentation, as if you were having a beer with your audience
• Speak a little slower than you normally would
• Pay attention to “ehh” “yeah” “you know” “basically” and “and stuff”
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So:
①Make an engaging introduction②Overcome anxiety③Connect to the bigger picture④Mind your body language, but don’t overanalyze⑤Wrap it up nicely⑥Keep stories in mind⑦Make your data speak⑧Put the pub back into public speaking
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Seven ways to improve your public speaking
Caryn ‘t Hart de Wijkerlooth
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References:
• Introduction strategies: http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/
• Overcoming Anxiety:
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CTL/Oralcomm/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20OvercomingSpeechAnxiety.pdf
• Elephant is based on: Kuenen, J + Wackers, M Presenteren: wat werkt echt en wat echt niet? onderbouwde
adviezen over presentatietechnieken
• The Hero with a Thousand Faces | Joseph Campbell
• Infographics about pets: http://www.loveinfographics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/10-most-popular-
american-pets-animals-infographics-600x600.jpg
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References
• Infographics about students:http://www.delta.tudelft.nl/artikel/meer-buitenlandse-studenten-maar-minder-
duitsers/28015
• Story: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thenamesmagenta/5832764969/sizes/o/
• Open: https://www.flickr.com/photos/oddwick/2087333395/
• Connnect: https://www.flickr.com/photos/photochiel/41395644/
• Body language: https://www.flickr.com/photos/numbphoto/7680181492/
• Wrap: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pinkponk/517261750/
• Anxiety: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ben_rea/14984314920/
• Data: https://www.flickr.com/photos/notbrucelee/7219422352/
• Pub: https://www.flickr.com/photos/adforce1/8210821356/
• Seven: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bright/164951170/
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YouTube clips to talk about:
1. Example: Mabel: http://YouTube/nunqwMN2g7g?t=23s
2. Anecdote: http://youtu.be/c0KYU2j0TM43. Statement: http://youtu.be/DbjZpbElQWo4. Evidence:http://YouTube/2FMBSblpcrc?t=8s5. Glitch: http://youtu.be/64V-nkVpnes?t=4s6. Dave Grohl: http://vimeo.com/626058667. Make your data talk: http://youtu.be/MTQHs6UpKq48. Anxiety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=7_f49qyRuy8