public speaking skills you can learn now Genevieve A. Howard, MEd @HowGen Explain your work!
How does it [your design, code, program,
system, change, budget, research, discovery]
affect people?
Open your mouth
•Consider your audience•Get to the point •Use simple language
Photo by Donarreiskoffer
“Practice is the one habit that transforms a merely good presentation into a TED-worthy performance.”
—Carmine Gallo
•Stories•Metaphors & similes (website is like a 🏠house)•Visuals in your slides ( dogs & horses!)🐶 🐎•Vivid, concrete words ( BBQ vs. truth)🍗•Props
Photo by Ben Chun [Flickr]
Open your mind•Practice •Make your speech visual•Change your view on nerves
By scanned by de:Benutzer:Summi - Friedrich Eduard Bilz (1842–1922): Das neue Naturheilverfahren (75. Jubiläumsausgabe), Public Domain
Open up the front of your body
•Avoid barriers•Build trust with your audience•Open hands, open torso
Entrant to the Green Heart Schools public speaking competition, photo courtesy of Brisbane City Council
Make friends with the pause(1,2,3 gather yourself) “This is what you need to know about us …(1,2,3 build suspense)We are cool web developers.” …(1,2,3 people can reflect on this important nugget)
Open your lungs
•Breathe well to speak well•Make friends with the pause•Develop your sense of pacing
In conclusion: your homework! Write down:•Mouth•Mind•Front of body•Lungs•EarsExtra credit: consider joining Toastmasters or form a practice group!
Let me know how you use this!
Genevieve A. Howard@HowGen
genevievehoward.com/heweb16/[email protected]
SourcesBooks
• Quiet by Susan Cain
• Talk like Ted by Carmine Gallo
Articles
• The One Habit That Brilliant TED Speakers Practice Up To 200 Times by Carmine Gallo, Forbes
• How the Power of Expectations Can Allow You to 'Bend Reality' by Gareth Cook, Scientific American
• 9 Speaking Habits That Make You Sound Smarter by Geoffrey James, Inc.
• Mastering The Fine Art Of Getting To The Point by Joe McCormack, Fast Company
• What to do with your hands when speaking in public, By Jena McGregor & Shelly Tan, Washington Post