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B e c o m e a B e t t e r S p e a k e rT i n a H e r t e l – M a y 1 1 , 2 0 1 1

“According to most studies, people's number one fear is

public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that

sound right? This means to the average person, if you

go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than

doing the eulogy.”Jerry Seinfeld

10 %

80%10%

Fear of Public Speaking

• Meeting New People• Classes • Interviewing• Meetings• Groups• Networking• Authority Figures• Presentations / Workshops

Fear of Public Speaking

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

– Anais Nin

Overcoming Fear

Public Speaking DO

Passion

Content

Story

Public Speaking DON’T

Power

Point

Points

PowerpointIt’s What Makes Presentations

Great

Information Overload Have you ever been in a presentation

where there is so much text on the slide and you are sitting there concentrating and trying to read what is on the slide while still trying to listen to the speaker, only you can’t really do both very well and you start to get a headache.

Or worse yet, the speaker reads the entire slide to you as if you were incapable of reading it yourself.

Killed by Bullets Not too much text Nice simple

phrases But many phrases And they all say the

same Thing But at least They are all in Bullet format

Using Bullets is Definitely much

better So be sure To put all the

important Stuff In Bullets To really drive home Your Points

Fonts

Too big Too Small

Colors

•Colors are definitely not distracting

•Use a variety of colors to enhance presentation

•Contrast is not important

Isn’t that Cute Powerpoint offers lots of animation

tricks Which only enhances your

presentation It doesn’t distract from the main

content It’s also important to put in random

images

Public Speaking DO

Know

Your

Audience

Public Speaking DON’T

Focus

On

Audience

“Be who you areAnd say what you feel,

Because those who mindDon't matter,

And those who matterDon't mind.”

– Dr. Seuss

Learn from OthersBe Yourself

Public Speaking DO

Prepare

Practice

Practice

Public Speaking DON’T

PANIC

Apologize

PANIC

Public Speaking DON’T

Don’t LetThis HappenToYou

YouTube Video

Public Speaking DO

Relax

Visualize

Enjoy

Public Speaking DO

PeopleWant YouTo Succeed

Public Speaking DO

Gain

Experience

Confidence

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Public Speaking DO

Gain

Experience

Confidence

15 – 30 / 150

“You can gain strength, courage and confidence by every

experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.

You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that

comes along’… You must do the thing you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

Public Speaking Success!