5. REMEMBER
The 3 objectives of any good speech are:
Make an impression. Provide your
audience with 2
or 3 takeaways.
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6. REMEMBER
The 3 objectives of any good speech are:
Make an impression. Provide your
audience with 2
or 3 takeaways.
Enjoy yourself
(so the audience can
enjoy themselves too).
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8. 1
FIND A TOPIC THAT “CLICKS”
WITH THE AUDIENCE
ASK YOURSELF:
Who’s in the audience?
If you know who’s showing up, you can speak to their demographic.
9. 1
FIND A TOPIC THAT “CLICKS”
WITH THE AUDIENCE
ASK YOURSELF:
Who’s in the audience?
If you know who’s showing up, you can speak to their demographic.
What am I passionate about?
If you don’t care, neither will your audience.
Choose something that excites you in order to excite others.
10. They may forget what
you said, but they will
never forget how you
made them feel.
- MAYA ANGELOU
2 • FIND A TOPIC
13. LIKE ANY GOOD STORY,
your speech must have an intro, a body, and a conclusion.
2 • TELL A STORY
14. LIKE ANY GOOD STORY,
your speech must have an intro, a body, and a conclusion.
INTRODUCTION
Present the problem.
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2 • TELL A STORY
15. LIKE ANY GOOD STORY,
your speech must have an intro, a body, and a conclusion.
INTRODUCTION
Present the problem.
BODY
Show the conflict.
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2 • TELL A STORY
16. LIKE ANY GOOD STORY,
your speech must have an intro, a body, and a conclusion.
INTRODUCTION
Present the problem.
BODY
Show the conflict.
CONCLUSION
Offer a solution.
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2 • TELL A STORY
20. FOCUS ON YOUR
DELIVERY
Once you’re confident you can recite
your key talking points from memory,
either film yourself or watch yourself
in the mirror.
3 • PRACTICE
21. WATCH THE WAY
YOU MOVE, AND
LISTEN TO THE WAY
YOU TALK.
3 • PRACTICE
22. WATCH THE WAY
YOU MOVE, AND
LISTEN TO THE WAY
YOU TALK.
If it appears robotic or strange, keep
practicing until it looks natural.
3 • PRACTICE
23. WATCH THE WAY
YOU MOVE, AND
LISTEN TO THE WAY
YOU TALK.
Memorising your speech doesn’t
mean reciting it word-for-word. Leave
room for natural improvisation.
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If it appears robotic or strange, keep
practicing until it looks natural.
3 • PRACTICE
27. USE GESTURES
Be expressive with your hands and
face, and move around occasionally
to complement what you’re saying.
3 • PRACTICE
28. USE GESTURES
Be expressive with your hands and
face, and move around occasionally
to complement what you’re saying.
Try to avoid continuous pacing,
or waving your hands around the
whole time. It can be distracting.
TIP
3 • PRACTICE
33. REMIND
YOURSELF
WHY YOU’RE
THERE.
CLENCH
YOUR FISTS
FOR 3-5
SECONDS.
BREATHE
DEEPLY,
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What’s the main
lesson you want
to teach
your audience?
This will relax
your shoulders
and jaw.
inhaling slowly and
exhaling completely.
Repeat.
4 • CALM YOUR NERVES
35. 5
START
STRONG
THE FIRST FEW MINUTES ARE CRUCIAL.
Show the audience you’re confident, sincere,
friendly and worthy of their attention.
36. START WITH A
QUESTION, A FUNNY
ANECDOTE, OR A
SHOCKING FACT OR
STATISTIC.
5 • START STRONG
37. START WITH A
QUESTION, A FUNNY
ANECDOTE, OR A
SHOCKING FACT OR
STATISTIC.
This is how Steve Jobs started his speech
at the 2005 Commencement Address at
Stanford University:
5 • START STRONG
38. START WITH A
QUESTION, A FUNNY
ANECDOTE, OR A
SHOCKING FACT OR
STATISTIC.
This is how Steve Jobs started his speech
at the 2005 Commencement Address at
Stanford University:
Truth be told, I never graduated from
college, and this is the closest I’ve ever
gotten to a college graduation.
5 • START STRONG
42. TRY THIS APPROACH:
Find 5 friendly faces in different areas of the audience.
Then move your focus between them.
6 • USE YOUR EYES
43. AVOID THESE MISTAKES:
TRY THIS APPROACH:
Find 5 friendly faces in different areas of the audience.
Then move your focus between them.
6 • USE YOUR EYES
44. AVOID THESE MISTAKES:
TRY THIS APPROACH:
Find 5 friendly faces in different areas of the audience.
Then move your focus between them.
• Looking across the room.
• Focusing on the back row.
• Looking above people’s eyes.
• Locking on to just one person.
6 • USE YOUR EYES
45. GIVE YOUR AUDIENCE THE
SENSE YOU’RE TALKING
TO ALL OF THEM
6 • USE YOUR EYES
46. GIVE YOUR AUDIENCE THE
SENSE YOU’RE TALKING
TO ALL OF THEM
Look left, then right, then
center, then back and front.
6 • USE YOUR EYES
47. GIVE YOUR AUDIENCE THE
SENSE YOU’RE TALKING
TO ALL OF THEM
Look left, then right, then
center, then back and front.
After you finish expressing an idea or thought,
shift your focus to the next person.
TIP
6 • USE YOUR EYES
49. Starting strong is good.
Finishing strong is epic.
– ROBIN SHARMA
7
END WITH
A BANG
50. MAKE YOUR AUDIENCE FEEL
THAT YOU’RE LEADING UP TO
SOMETHING SPECTACULAR
7 • END WITH A BANG
51. MAKE YOUR AUDIENCE FEEL
THAT YOU’RE LEADING UP TO
SOMETHING SPECTACULAR
Finish up with a rhetorical question,
a quote, something funny, or a startling statement.
7 • END WITH A BANG
52. MAKE YOUR AUDIENCE FEEL
THAT YOU’RE LEADING UP TO
SOMETHING SPECTACULAR
Finish up with a rhetorical question,
a quote, something funny, or a startling statement.
And finally, always end with a powerful call to action.
7 • END WITH A BANG
53. On the brink of the Civil War,
Abraham Lincoln closed his speech with:
The dogmas of the quiet past
are inadequate for the stormy
present and future. As our
circumstances are anew, we
must think anew and act anew.
7 • END WITH A BANG
58. THEN, DO THE
UNTHINKABLE
Speak in public again.
Because the only way you will truly overcome your fear,
is by facing it over and over.
8 • HOW DID YOU DO?
59. Inaction breeds doubt and fear.
Action breeds confidence and
courage. If you want to conquer
fear, do not sit home and think
about it. Go out and get busy.
-DALE CARNEGIE
8 • HOW DID YOU DO?
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