Inspired by 25 Skills Every Man Should Know, I pondered a list of the 25 essential skills every public speaker should have. How did I do?
Every public speaker should be able to:
… the article continues here - great reading (as usual)
Designing presentations without bullets is easy, but involves layout, thinking about your content and the processes you’re describing, working with images that function as metaphors, and more.
I recommend Cliff Atkinson’s book, Beyond Bullet Points. It’s a complete system for designing and organizing presentations without bullet points.
by Cathleen Fillmore
This book is not for beginners. It’s not filled with tips on how to be an effective speaker. It has nothing to do with how to project your voice, how to organize a speech, or how to overcome shyness. This book is for the public speaker ready to take it to the next level, the speaker who is ready to go out and speak professionally to organizations and make large sums of money, starting at $2,500. If you’re that person, read this book. If you’re shy, read another book first. If you’re still learning to be a public speaker, but you’re passionate about it, read this book so you can take your career to the next level. This is the book every public speaker should use as a roadmap toward career success.
Effective Public Speaking: Audience Contact
Although speaking in public is really a monologue of sorts, this monologue is addressed to a ready, able and receptive audience who wants to learn from you as much as you want to learn from them.
Speaking in public would be more effective if it is listened to. The following are effective tips to maintain that necessary contact with the audience.
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Why should I bother using humour in my presentations?
Can’t I just deliver my information and sit down?
You sure can! That’s what most people do. The problem is that most people are not effective presenters. They are nighty-nite, snooze-inducing, say-your-prayers, hit-the-sack, unlicensed hypnotists. They are ZZZZZs presenters. They might be experts in their field and able to recite hours and hours of information on their topic, but is that effective?
If you speak for a living, whether you are part time, full time or BIG time, you need to be guided by strategies that get you the bookings. Here is what my 20 plus years booking and coaching speakers has taught me. (… more)
This is a visual display of the different types of information presentation. Deigned as a periodic table, it is well organised and can be used for all sorts of purposes - presentations, planning and information literacy come to mind.
http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html
And that public speaking has a vital function in our society. Without it, our children would not be educated and the way our culture functions would be in serious danger. So professional public speakers are important. (more …)
