KING

public speech technic note

audience

• focus on a single person
  • reduce pressure
• audience is very important
• help emotionally connect to audience
• help you visualise one single person to talk to

venue(speech place)

• room dynamic
  • size and shape
  • how many seats
  • raised stage
  • floor plan
  • anything unusual
• audience dynamic
  • broad room style
  • line style
  • meeting style
• speaker equipment
  • ask for any equipment I may need

develop personal credibility

• make people believe you speak
• introduction is very important
• use confidence and competence to build credibility
  • confidence
    • dress appropriately
      • find an insider to tell you
    • use non-verbal skills
      • make eye contact
      • let the audience to look at your body
    • sound confidence
      • first sound must be clear
  • demonstrate(prove) competence
    • speak the topic you familiar about
    • share your experience
      • just a brief detail

generate idea for the speech

• collect ideas
  • use note
  • use card
• open your mind
• note the idea
  • fact and information
  • stories
  • things that inspires you

find the story

• story trigger
  • something happens to someone
    • why happen
  • what is the story behind the number
  • what did she do differentlyy
• who, what, where, when
• overcome obstacles
• using creativity
• tell the story according to the fact

building story broad

• recall key details
• draw the step

rehearsing(排练)

• rehearse the position(sitting or standing)
• rehearse the actual clothes
• use a real audience
• record and watch yourself
• listen to yourself
• rehearse the real hours

warming up

• in the morning
  • do not clearing your throat
  • get up early
  • avoid cold drinks
  • sing, talk or hum(use your voice before speech)
• in the afternoon or night
  • save your voice
  • avoid caffeine
  • avoid CO2 drink

saying yes to the microphone

• test before start
• may sound loud to you but not to the audience

nervous

• keep hand behind your back and look up

strong opening

• cold open
  • ask an open-ended question
    • do not ask yes-no question
  • open with a story
    • have mystery
  • tell them to image something
    • make your audience part of your presentation
  • a quote or a fact
    • risk approach
    • use surprising fact
• common mistake
  • un-original phrases
  • clearing your throat
  • technical issue
  • telling a joke

introducing your agenda

• the agenda
  • purpose
  • topic
  • participant
  • length

use more vocal variety

• 声音起伏
• volume
  • break a pattern

eliminating crutch

• when feel under pressure
  • try to relax
• reduce or avoid stress

how to use props(道具) and visual aids

• demonstration
  • showing is far more effective than talking
• provide a graphic or chart
• for dramatic fact
• practise the props
  • if thing go wrong
    • how to recover
• presentation is important

strong close

• make the end word very clear
• short summary
• re-state title
• call to action
• a personal tagline
• a quote
• a final story
  • emotionally powerful