explain your work! 5 public speaking skills you can learn now
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public speaking skills you can learn now
Genevieve A. Howard, MEd @HowGen
Explain your work!
“I can make a PDF.”
George Caleb Bingham - Stump Speaking (engraving, 1886)
•Mouth•Mind•Front of body•Lungs•Ears
Photo by Aaron Pruzaniec (Flickr)
Open your mouth
“Can I muumuu my train prescription?”
Photo by John Fowler
By Airman 1st Class Devin N. Boyer [Public domain]
point
Get to
the
How does it [your design, code, program,
system, change, budget, research, discovery]
affect people?
Demo time!
Open your mouth
•Consider your audience•Get to the point •Use simple language
Photo by Donarreiskoffer
Open your mind
Dealing with nerves•Practice your content•Practice your context•Practice your inner conversation
By Henry Bucklow/Lazy Photography (Sffubs) [CC BY-SA 3.0]
“Practice is the one habit that transforms a merely good presentation into a TED-worthy performance.”
—Carmine Gallo
•Stories•Metaphors & similes (website is like a 🏠house)•Visuals in your slides ( dogs & horses!)🐶 🐎•Vivid, concrete words ( BBQ vs. truth)🍗•Props
Photo by Ben Chun [Flickr]
“Nervousness will improve my speaking.”
User:Bubba73 [CC BY-SA 3.0]
Open your mind•Practice •Make your speech visual•Change your view on nerves
By scanned by de:Benutzer:Summi - Friedrich Eduard Bilz (1842–1922): Das neue Naturheilverfahren (75. Jubiläumsausgabe), Public Domain
Open up (the front of your body)
Demo time!
“Cheat out”
Open up the front of your body
•Avoid barriers•Build trust with your audience•Open hands, open torso
Entrant to the Green Heart Schools public speaking competition, photo courtesy of Brisbane City Council
Open your lungs
String method
Avoid those bad elements named Uh, Ah and Um
Make friends with the pause(1,2,3 gather yourself) “This is what you need to know about us …(1,2,3 build suspense)We are cool web developers.” …(1,2,3 people can reflect on this important nugget)
Pace•Speed up•Slow down•Repeat yourself•Change your volume
Open your lungs
•Breathe well to speak well•Make friends with the pause•Develop your sense of pacing
Open your ears
By Kirill Kniazev (Flickr)
By Daisuke Tashiro (Flickr)
“This website is horrible.”
•Video yourself•Focus on your listeners•Hear deeper meanings
Be like Mufasa!
In conclusion: your homework! Write down:•Mouth•Mind•Front of body•Lungs•EarsExtra credit: consider joining Toastmasters or form a practice group!
“I can make a PDF.”
Open doors
Let me know how you use this!
Genevieve A. Howard@HowGen
genevievehoward.com/heweb16/[email protected]
SourcesBooks
• Quiet by Susan Cain
• Talk like Ted by Carmine Gallo
Articles
• The One Habit That Brilliant TED Speakers Practice Up To 200 Times by Carmine Gallo, Forbes
• How the Power of Expectations Can Allow You to 'Bend Reality' by Gareth Cook, Scientific American
• 9 Speaking Habits That Make You Sound Smarter by Geoffrey James, Inc.
• Mastering The Fine Art Of Getting To The Point by Joe McCormack, Fast Company
• What to do with your hands when speaking in public, By Jena McGregor & Shelly Tan, Washington Post