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The
Art Of Speaking: Winning The Mental Game Of Presenting.
How many of your speeches could
be considered in the artistic category? Do your audiences view you
as a master speaker? What would you have to do to boost your speaking
to the next level? Highly experienced speakers not only know their
subject, they know themselves, their audiences and their craft.
They know how to write, stage and organize winning presentations
that engage the audience at all levels. To kick your speaking up
a notch, take any of these 13 tips on as a project and watch your
investment in yourself as a speaker grow.
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words.
The Art Of Speaking
Winning The Mental Game Of Presenting
Bill Cole, MS, MA
Founder and CEO
William B. Cole Consultants
Silicon Valley, California
How many of your speeches could be considered
in the artistic category? Do your audiences view you as a master
speaker? What would you have to do to boost your speaking to the
next level?
Highly experienced speakers not only know their subject, they know
themselves, their audiences and their craft. They know how to write,
stage and organize winning presentations that engage the audience
at all levels.
To kick your speaking up a notch, take any of these 13 tips on as
a project and watch your investment in yourself as a speaker grow.
13 Strategies For Making Your Speeches Masterful
1. Go beyond telling your audience about your
subject. Be passionate and become engaged with your subject.
2. Demonstrate your credibility and your right to be on the platform
by recounting your experiences as an expert and how you solved problems
and helped people and organizations.
3. Masterfully customize your material for each audience so they
know absolutely that you are there for them.
4. Refine your voice control and turn your throat into a musical
instrument your audiences love to listen to at length.
5. Speak from your heart and touch the hearts of your audience.
Take risks by being vulnerable, imperfect and your audience will
see you as a real human being, as one of them, not just as "the
speaker".
6. Speak the truth and your audience will respond. Avoid any inconsistencies
or incongruencies between your "real life" and your "platform life".
7. Tell more stories and give fewer statistics. Reduce the PowerPoint
and get more personal and people will respond eagerly.
8. Connect with your audience, one person at a time. Begin the personal
touch before you take the stage by "being with" people in the audience,
not "talking at" them.
9. Have fun as you speak and so will your audience. To get in the
fun mode, stop focusing on yourself, and instead be audience-centered.
10. Respect your audiences and they will respect you. Never insult
or disrespect anyone in your audiences. Show your regard for everyone.
11. Stop writing your speeches and start living them. Find your
best material from your travels, your work, your friends, your family
and the real world around you.
12. Create multi-media presentations to engage people the way they
are used to -- with modern media. Coordinate your talk points with
particular moments in the media show and you will WOW people.
13. Create and deliver your talk from the A-V-K matrix. This means
your talk should be approximately 25% auditory, with 45% visual
and 30% kinesthetic. You want to speak to everyone's learning styles
in the audience.
Now you have a better idea how master speakers make it look so easy.
The hard work is in the preparation and in the crafting of the message.
Enjoy your journey in the speaking world and you will reap the many
benefits of this exciting calling.
To learn more about how presentation coaching can help you become
a better, more confident speaker, visit Bill Cole, MS, MA, the Mental
Game Coach™ at www.mentalgamecoach.com/Services/PresentationCoaching.html.
Copyright ©
Bill Cole, MS, MA. All rights reserved.
Bill Cole, MS, MA, a leading authority
on peak performance, mental toughness and coaching, is founder and
CEO of William B. Cole Consultants, a consulting firm that helps
organizations and professionals achieve more success in business,
life and sports. He is also the Founder and President of the International
Mental Game Coaching Association (www.mentalgamecoaching.com),
an organization dedicated to advancing the research, development,
professionalism and growth of mental game coaching worldwide. He
is a multiple Hall-Of-Fame honoree as an athlete, coach and school
alumnus, an award-winning scholar-athlete, published book author
and articles author, and has coached at the highest levels of major-league
pro sports, big-time college athletics and corporate America. For
a free, extensive article archive, or for questions and comments
visit him at www.MentalGameCoach.com.
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