Teaching and Speaking Tips

Tips For Public Speakers

How to give a stellar presentation.
To be considered more approachable at networking events, wear a custom magnetic name badge with your name, company name and logo. You are much more approachable when wearing a name tag. Most people won’t approach those they don’t know and worry about approaching people whose names they can’t remember. Wearing your name badge makes it easy for people to approach you and remember your name.
A useful presentation clock for the iphone
How to create a 1 page speaker fact sheet.
In case you ever need a teleprompter (it can be useful to practice a presentation and learn to pace yourself), there is a free one at http://sur.ly/o/freetelepromptersoftware.com/AA001290 and another one at www.cueprompter.com.
Dozens of articles on the Development and Structure of Speeches and Other Communications.
Cheat sheet for public speaking: nine steps to a memorable speech, from preparation to delivery.
Perceptions are everything. Try this: Squeeze yours eyes tight and scrunch your face up as if you are impersonating Ebenezer Scrooge while saying, (using a gruff voice) I can’t believe you just said that to me. Now open your eyes wide like a child who walked into the living room on Christmas morning and saw the biggest, coolest bike with your name on it ,and with a smile on your lips say I can’t believe you just said that to me.
How they do it: PDF summary of a workshop on happiness.
From http://www.speakernetnews.com/ : Your intro should be at least 70% about the audience and what they’ll learn/benefit from your presentation and no more than 30% about you. The printed material can tell the audience in just a few sentences why you have the credentials to talk on this topic (let’s be honest, no one really cares); after that, get on with what they came to hear. Answer the questions: Why you? Why me? So what? Ensure these questions are answered so the audience is comfortable with you and realize you understand them, and the information is relevant to them and the issues/problems they face.
Infographic on how to give a powerful presentation
On Periscope (easy way to live-stream any event): http://michaelhyatt.com/my-periscope-experiment.html
Your Presentation Needs a Punch Line. https://hbr.org/2015/05/your-presentation-needs-a-punch-line
Group discussion: To the question “Should I use powerpoint to present?” I say this: Don’t care too much about presenting with PPT, but I do recommend using it to prepare because it forces you to better structure your talk. For example, if all of a sudden “they” start late and your 45 min. presentation falls down to 30, you should know exactly what to do because you know how many talking points you normally have and how long each require (because, of course, you practiced and rehearsed your talk many times). Getting to that level is much harder without PPT.