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

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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