Top 7 Speaking Tips: How Well do You Speak?

The ability to speak well can enhance your career, clinch a sale, sell a point of view and increase your business productivity.

1. The most important objective of any speaker is to appear
   credible and knowledgeable about their subject. Speak to your
   audience as if you were having a conversation.
   
   
2. Grab the audience’s attention in the first few minutes
   with a question, startling comment, inspiring story, a funny
   experience. This will help you connect immediately with
   everyone and reduce the tension. Stay away from jokes!
   
   
3. Reduce your nervousness by taking several deep breaths
   immediately before you are introduced. And for you chocoholics,
   eat some chocolate to relax your vocal chords.
   
   
4. When making a presentation, look at one person long enough
   to deliver one complete thought, then move to another
   individual and repeat the process. Everyone else in the audience
   will also feel attended to.
   
   
5. Use visual aids to increase audience retention of your
   message. But NEVER become a master of ceremonies to
   your overheads.
   
   
6. Avoid the # one mistake in the speaking business…failing
   to check your audio-visual equipment before your presentation.
   Show up early to check out the sound system and any other
   equipment you will be using.
   
   
7. Personal benefits from acquiring excellent speaking skills
   include: more self-confidence, becoming more persuasive and
   evolving into a magnetic or dynamic speaker.

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Sandra Schrift 13 year speaker bureau owner and now career
coach to emerging and veteran public speakers who want to
"grow" a profitable speaking business. I also work with
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