tips to public speaking-how to entertain the audience from the stage
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Tips For Public SpeakingHOW TO ENTERTAIN THE
AUDIENCE FROM THE STAGE
ByZAINI ABDUL WAHAB
2014
Sharing my personal experiences and style when taking the stage
myself…
Mistakes to avoid Starting with a whimper –
should start with something powerful that will get the attention immediately.
Attempting to imitate other speakers
Failing to “work” the room
Failing to use relaxation techniques
Reading a speech word for word
Using someone else’s stories
Speaking without passion
Ending a speech with questions and answers
Failing to prepare
Failing to recognize that speaking is an acquired skillRob Sherman, an attorney and
public speaker in Columbus, Ohio, says in an article in the Toastmaster magazine
THINK LIKE A GREAT ENGINEER…
PRESENT LIKE A GREAT SALES MAN!
The flow on the stage
The Start• Preparing• Introducing
The Talk• Presenting• Body Languages -
movement, face & hand
• Positioning on stage
The End• Concluding• Closing
BEFORE YOU START TALKING
Get ready!
Make yourself comfortable
Don’t rush to start!
Put on and check you presentation tools/microphoneMake sure it works!Ask for assistance from the organizer
Show the audience that you are ready. Get into position, look at them and start to make an eye contact!
Take the right spot to start - ask “permission” from the audience and walk gently if you need to leave the rostrum
TO START YOU WILL…
Greet the MC and fellow speakers
Get into position, stand firm and introduce yourself
Introduce briefly who you are and your topic by referring the first page your presentation aids(Power points/Videos)
Stress the importance of the topic and its key points!
“Invite” the audience to be “with” you throughout your session
Show some inviting gestures with you hands and face expressions
THEN, START TO “ENTERTAIN” THE AUDIENCE!
Body movements
Face expressions
Hand gestures
Positioning on stage
Appreciate their presence that making you excited to be there
You are here not to tell or teach but to share some knowledge and experiences
Need their attention/opinions and not their acceptance
Create two-way communications or tell them a story and not expecting the audience to just listening to you
Show some face expressions and gestures that will keep their eyes on you at suitable key points
When you want to stress or your feeling about something that you’re sharing with the audience
Synchronizing the intentions, face expressions and hand gestures
I don’t know too!
We need to do
something!
I wish I know the answer…
Let’s figure
this out together
…
Another ways of face expressions and hand gestures
We need to pursue this
agenda
You must play your
roles too!
I speak based on my own
experience
Some ways to stress or express your key points
This is how…
Let’s walk
thru this
Please share with me how do you feel…
Face expressions and hand gestures to explain from conceptual ideas to details
Look at the big picture How this
will affect you
This is exactly where you need
to pay
Expressions and body language that indicate you meant your words and this is real! (in a calm way)
Hand gestures when sharing what is in your mind or your thoughts about something related to the topic
“They must do something or this is a very serious matter!”
Show you openness and intention to have a friendly session with the audience
Different types of face expressions with hand gestures
“Telling a story” with body movements together with face expressions and hand gestures
Adding “conversation" with the audience through different eye contacts, hand gestures and body languages
POSITION YOURSELF ON THE STAGE
Use the space available for some movements to connect the audience with you thru some hand gestures and presentation aids
Be at the spots where all eyes can focus on you
Will require some movements to maintain eye contacts with the audience
Movements that will keep your audience focusing on you
Move around to keep the audience’s eyes on you
Be dynamic and synchronized with presentation aids used at the screen
Be at suitable spots and distance when interacting with the audience
INTERACT WITH YOUR AUDIENCE
Keep inviting the audience to think about your key points!
Throw some questions and invite the audience to answer
Create “arguments” on relevant issues to the topic to get the attention to your key points
Go/walk to the audience, invite and tell them how to respond to you-request to raise their hands
Spots for your positions and some hand gestures
CLOSING THE SESSION
Summarize your session and make a short and concise conclusion!
Thank the audienceTell them how much you appreciate their presence and responses throughout the session
Say your final personal message and leave it to the audience to ponder
I do hope together we can pursue this agenda and
now it’s up to each of you on WHAT’S NEXT?
Walk gently and return to the spot where you started
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