I asked 22 pro speakers what are the biggest mistakes speakers make on stage. This is a list of the top 9 stupid things speakers do on stage. So now you don't have to make them as well!
7. Standing in front of an audience,
automatically makes you different -
don’t make it worse by making
your speech all about you.
8. When you’re on stage, you’re
getting more per minute than
most people earn per hour, per
day or per week. That’s their
time, not yours.
Connie Podesta
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9. What NOT to do…
Re-introducing yourself:
‘As he said, I'm Fred
Jones and…' - UGH! -
don't do that.
Carrie Owensby Wilkerson
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15. Don’t treat your audience like
idiots. When you used a thread-bare
story (like the Ziglar-era Starfish Story)
you confirm their worst nightmare:
you don’t respect them.
16. Every time I hear the
"goldfish have a larger
attention span" statistic I
just throw up in my mouth
a little.
Neen James
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17. Download my free guide and discover what the pro’s know about
delivering a world-class speech and what to avoid.
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19. When working on your speech, it
may be tempting to elaborate - just
a little - with ‘invented truth’.
(don’t)
20. Fake premises,
like: ‘I was at the
store the other
day and…’
Judson Laipply
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What NOT to do…
21. Scott Berkun
Using lazy/empty claims like:
‘Studies say…’, 'Science
says…’, ‘Research has
shown…’ without a single
reference or mention on the
slide.
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22. What NOT to do…
Mark Bowden
Including any stats on the
importance of body
language in your talk will
just be plain 93%
inaccurate! Take it from
an expert.
“
24. Nobody will miss what isn’t there.
So, when you screw up, forget
something or don’t have all the time
you’d like - shutupaboutit!
25. Telling me they only have
an hour and that there's so
much more they could
teach me if they only had
all day... or days…
What NOT to do…
Andrew Davis
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32. Everything you say, each minute,
should have impact - whether
you’re a leadership expert, helping
us delegate better, or a juggler
promoting life balance.
33. What NOT to do…
Saying ‘Am I right
or am I right?’.
John Michael Morgan
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34. Saying ‘OKAY?’ as they turn
and read what's on the next
slide... That leads us to the
other word... ‘AGAIN'...
Because they've accidentally
already made the next point on
the previous slide - so they say
‘AGAIN’, the point is to…
What NOT to do…
Robert Rose
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36. Speaking with no point,
just rambling or
assembling random data
points, and generating
essentially verbal
diarrhea from stage.
Christopher Penn
What NOT to do…
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38. The call and response
audience technique has been
around since the invention of
the microphone. And it’s failed
for just about as long.
39. There’s nothing wrong with
audience interaction - except
when the audience feels
manipulated, or talked down
to, as though they’re a bunch
of idiots.
Marc A. Pitman
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40. My all-time pet peeve is the
speaker who gets the
audience to say something
back at him/her and then
says, ‘I can't hear you!’ and
them say it again louder.
Nick Morgan
What NOT to do…
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41. What NOT to do…
When a speaker asks a
question like, ‘What's the
biggest reasons businesses
fail?’ As the audiences raises
their hand and answers, the
speaker repeatedly says, ‘NO.
Who else?’ As if there is ONE
answer to that question!
Ian Altman
“
52. So, if you want to inspire people
with your next speech…
53. Avoid these 9 Stupid Things
Speakers do on Stage
1. Making it all about you
2. Over selling
3. Worn out stories
4. Invented truth
5. Making excuses
6. Slideawful
7. Verbal vomit
8. Call ’N Response
9. Showmanslips
54. Download my free guide and discover what the pro’s know about
delivering a world-class speech and what to avoid.
https://
hughculver.leadpages.co/
slideshare-opt-in-15-
mistakes/
click!