public speaking self-help - tips for confident speaking
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Public speaking self-help
Tips for confident speaking
Katie Streten
Imagination
Content
• A bit about me
• All the self help you need!
• A word about meetings
• Conclusion
A bit about me
• Head of Strategy in Imagination/ Digital
• 2 presentation courses
• LAMDA Spoken English Intermediate qualification
• Hate asking questions once a speaker has finished
Addressing fears1Everyone will think I’m a fraud
• You have been asked for your opinion/ to speak
• “the fear of being found out for being a bit rubbish.“Armando Ianucci
Addressing fears 1No one will be interested
• They are there!
• You have been asked to speak
• Think about them what can you give them
How to prepare
• Prepare – Write your script out long hand
• Read it to a friend, partner or yourself (repeat ad nauseam)
• Write card notes • Highlight key moments• Don’t practice too much!
Image is everything
• Bullet points
• Interesting pictures
• Yourself – dress appropriately
Make everyone else relax!
• The first thing you should do – Smile
• Secondly – say hello
• Jokes – If in doubt use other peoples
Make yourself relax!
• Don’t look at the crowd!
• Pick 3 spots to the left, middle and back
• Place your mate at the back to smile at you!
• Speak slowly
Make it feel more like a conversation
• The audience hate it too!
• Move your arms at waist height
• Don’t have a rigid script
Addressing fears 3Don’t fear the speaker
• Most other people are thinking exactly the same as you
• It’s their problem not yours
• You are helping someone in the audience – probably a woman
A word about meetings
• Butt in, don’t wait
• Men are not women
• Your point might not beas irrelevant as you think
Conclusion
• People genuinely want to hear what you have to say
• Think about your audience – what can you give them?
• Butt in and believe that at least one person needs you to ask this question – you!
• If all else fails…..
Please try and remember the full detail of 1 speech you have heard in your life…
…exactly.
Katie Streten
• Twitter.com/watusi• Eyesponge.com and
imagination.com• Slideshare.net/imagination_digital
Any questions? Be brave!
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