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Public Speaking - Let's Get Physical By : J. Douglas Jefferys Passion Although developing proper eye-contact technique and learning how and when to pause are absolutely essential to acquiring "The Skills" - you're not finished yet The last element involves adding the emotional to the mechanical Public Speaking - Lock, Talk & Pause By : J. Douglas Jefferys The process that sets you on your way to speaking like the best speakers in the world, speakers who possess The Skills, goes like this: You find a target in your audience and you lock eyeballs You deliver a complete thought to that one person, and then you do the hardest part, you pause Public Speaking – Owning “The Skills” Part II By : J. Douglas Jefferys In order to present at the top, in order to acquire The Skills, you must remember three rules that govern everything you do whilst presenting They're really quite simple, but sometimes it’s easy to forget the simple things, and these rules must remain in the forefront of your consciousness at all times Public Speaking – Owning “The Skills” By : J. Douglas Jefferys People who get paid well to speak all share one of two traits: either they're famous, or they own "The Skills" To be able to move people who don't know you as a celebrity of some sort, you must know how to keep your audience focused on you and your message, and how to keep them on the same page, on the same wavelength, every step of the way Public Speaking - Masters of the Pause Part II By : J. Douglas Jefferys An Inconvenient Speaker We have made the claim many times that Bill Clinton is the Master of the Pause In fact, we have said that it is exactly this mastery that causes more people in polls to name the former president as the greatest living public speaker hands down Public Speaking - Learning to Say, "I Don't Care!" By : J. Douglas Jefferys Early in the movie, The Fugitive, Officer Gerard catches up with Dr Kimball near the outlet of a high dam Public Speaking - One Person, One Thought, One Pause By : J. Douglas Jefferys Perhaps the most difficult thing for speaker to learn is knowing when and where to stop speaking When you pause, you establish the pace from the beginning of your talk Presentation Skills - Three Points and Your Out! By : J. Douglas Jefferys Organizing Your Presentation Before organizing your presentation keep reminding yourself that Less is More Also consider that most presentations have far too many concepts, and the concepts far too many details Presentation Skills - Organization is Key Part IV By : J. Douglas Jefferys In Part III we discussed the four different types of evidence you can use: Personal, Statistics, Example, and Analogy Each has its good points, and the type of evidence you choose will depend on both your topic and your audience Presentation Skills - Organization is Key Part III By : J. Douglas Jefferys In Part III we discussed the importance of making sure that you tell your audience what your solution or recommendation is immediately after announcing the problem or opportunity at hand Audiences absolutely need to know where you’re going from the beginning in order to put into proper perspective the evidence you unfold Presentation Skills - Organization is Key Part II By : J. Douglas Jefferys Opening with a “Bang” You’ve got at most 30 seconds to give your audience a compelling reason to sit up and listen to what you’ve got to say, or you’ve lost them to their Blackberries or Suduko Now that they’re listening, you’ve got to structure what you’re going to say in a way that makes for the easiest possible path for them to follow Presentation Skills - Organization is Key Part I By : J. 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