When it comes down to it, public speaking can be very simple, and here is 3 main keys to help you improve your skills. Each time you have to make a speech, or get up in from of a group keep in mind the 3 E's to public speaking. We teach all employees at Evantage, Inc. these keys.
1. Entertain: Have fun with it, make people laugh, tell a story. You want to start off by engaging your audience with something interesting. We have all been in a meeting or class when the person presenting their topic had no energy or enthusiam for their topic. How difficult was that to sit through. Take time to think about what you want to get across and then make it enjoyable and memorable for your audience.
2. Educate: Explain the who, what, where, and WHY! People want to know why it is important that they are learning something. Give real life purpose to your topic, and explain how it is used on a daily basis. You are the expert for the topic you are speaking about, and that is how people will remember you. This should be the middle of your speech, the basics of what you want to get across to the audience.
3. Empower: Before every New Orleans Saints game, you see Drew Brees in the huddle getting his team excited to go out and give it their all on the football field. When you end your speech, drive your point home. Recap the importance of what you were talking about, and be excited about what you covered. Have a strong finishing statement that your audience will remember. In Vince Lombardi's speech "What It Takes To Be Number 1." he closes with this line. "I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."
Evantage, Inc. is a Dallas based sales/marketing firm. For more information: www.evantageinc.net
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