Here are 8 Habits of Highly Successful Speakers. Read them - Understand them - Practice them! 1. Know your topic. You’ll never know everything, but have enough knowledge so you have "confidence in your competence." 2. Know your audience. What is their understanding of your topic? Know the diversity of Read More
Elevator Pitch
Great Tip: Use Alliteration!
Transcript Fred Miller, NO SWEAT Public Speaking. Here's a great presentation tip. Use Alliteration. Alliteration is the occurrence of the same sound with adjacent or closely connected words. It can really enhance your presentation. Here are some examples. "Elevator speeches should be clear, concise, and Read More
THREE “Es” For Helping Your Audience GET IT!
Transcript Fred Miller, NO SWEAT Public Speaking. The goal of all communication, verbal, written, or visual is the same. We want the audience as quickly as possible to GET IT! They may not agree with everything you say. They may not agree with anything. But if they don't get it, you can't have a meaningful Read More
THREE-THREE-THREE: Why? Why? Why?
Transcript Fred Miller, NO SWEAT Public Speaking! Why use THREE? Use THREE because it adds completeness to your message. Your audience can't remember more than three or four things. Use One for emphasis. Use Two for comparison. Use THREE for completeness. Four or more for a list. Here are some Read More
Do NOT Ask Your Audience to . . .
Multitask! Transcript Fred Miller, NO SWEAT Public Speaking. Do NOT ask your audience to multitask. Multitasking cannot be done: If they're looking at your slides and reading bullet points- They are not watching and listening to you. If they are using one of your handouts and working on it - Read More
Text On Slides? THIS . . .
Works! Transcript Fred Miller, NO SWEAT PublicSpeaking! If you're regular viewer, listener, or reader, you know I'm not an advocate of using bullet points or text on slides. There are, however, a few exceptions. Here's one! Sometimes, giving your audience information to read and you not speaking, is Read More
Master Your Presentation Skills by . . .
Teaching Them! For many years, the traditional method for teaching physicians how to perform surgery has been known as “See One, Do One, Teach One.” I asked a doctor friend about this once and he confirmed the value of this approach to learning. "If, from another location, I can instruct an intern how to perform a Read More
To Improve Public Speaking and Presentation Skills . . .
Practice! - Practice! - Practice! Speak! - Speak! - Speak! You can read books, watch videos, take public speaking classes, and join Toastmasters. These activities will help you learn the components, parts, and elements of great presentations. They will teach you about: Content and delivery. The importance of Read More
SPEAKING can be your SUPER POWER!
Speaking can be your SUPER POWER! Are you "Speaking"? If not, doing so could become your SUPER POWER and do SUPER THINGS for your business, career, and self-esteem. "Speaking" is not just giving formal presentations. It also includes: Leading a meeting. Participating in a discussion. Asking questions in Read More
My Most Popular Posts Are About . . .
Closing a Presentation. By far, the most read and listened to posts I've written and recorded, over many years, are ones about Closing a presentation. They are favored because of their immense importance. This is because of The Law of Primacy and Recency. This rule says an audience best remembers the first and Read More