how to be a good speaker

1. PUBLIC SPEAKING

2.  Most business executives and professionals
make presentations to a variety of audiences,
for a variety of reasons

3. Learning outcome
 Explain and practice the requirements for good
public speaking
 Develop confidence in front of audience
 Deliver speech with style
 Design presentation/speech with clarity and
purpose
 Understand the effectiveness of verbal and non-
verbal communication
 Learn to become a persuasive, assertive and
competent leader.

4. Effective Communication
 Practice
- practice makes perfect
- revision
- get time right

5. Effective Communication
 Presence
-nervousness- fright is common
-Body language
-voice tone
-gestures
-eye contact
-positive attitude

6. People’s biggest fears
3. Death
2. Snakes
1. Public Speaking

7. Ten Successful Tips
Control the “Butterflies”
 Know the room
 become familiar with the place of presentation
 Know the audience
 greet or chat with the audience before hand.
It’s easier to speak to friends than to strangers
 Know your material
 increased nervousness is due to un-
preparedness

8. Control the “Butterflies”
 Relaxation
 relax entire body by stretching and breathing so
as to ease the tension.Stories and personal
experiences.Humour and drama.
 Visualize giving your speech
 Visualize yourself giving your speech from start
to finish. By visualizing yourself successful, you
will be successful

9. Control the “Butterflies”
 People want you to succeed
 the audience is there to see you succeed not to
fail
 Don’t apologize
 by mentioning your nervousness or apologizing,
you’ll only be calling the audience’s attention to
mistakes

10. Control the “Butterflies”
 Concentrate on your message- not the
medium.
 Focus on the message you are trying to convey
and not on your anxieties
 Turn nervousness into positive energy
 nervousness increases adrenaline, transform it
into vitality and enthusiasm

11. Control the “Butterflies”
 Gain experience
 experience builds confidence, which is key to
effective public speaking

12. Things You Shouldn’t Do
 Read directly from notes
 Read directly from screen
 Turn back on audience
 Slouch, hands in pockets
 No um, ah, you know’s
 No nervous gestures
 Talk too fast,
 Talk too quietly

13. Things You Should Do
 Eye contact
 Can glance at notes
 Appropriate
gestures
 Rhetorical questions
to involve audience
 Create impact
 Appearance

14. PowerPoint Tips
 Have compelling material
 Keep it simple
 Minimize numbers in slides
 Don't be a parrot
 Time your remarks

15. Adequate Color Contrast
Bad
 Hard to read
 Hard to read
 Hard to read
Good
• Much better!
• Much better!
• Much better!

16. Text
 Sizes 28 – 32 are easy to read
 Use plain fonts (e.g.Times New Roman, Arial)
 Avoid fancy script fonts
-Hard to read
-Harder to read
-I’m dizzy

17. Make it Big (Text)
 This is Arial 12
 This isArial 18
 This is Arial 24
 This is Arial 32
 This is Arial 36
 This is Arial 44

18. How to Estimate
 Look at it from 2 metres away
2 m

19. Keep It Simple (Text)
 Too many colours
 Too Many Fonts and Styles

20. Avoid Using All CAPS
 ALL CAPS ARE HARDTO READ
 ALL CAPS IN E-MAIL = SHOUTING!!!
Vs.
 All caps are hard to read
 All caps in e-mail = shouting

21. Summary
Things you should do:
Preparation (subject)
Preparation (visual aids etc)
Preparation (emotions)