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The Ten Habits of Highly Effective Speakers |
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TITLE: The Ten Habits of Highly Effective Speakers AUTHOR:
Sandra Schrift CONTACT: sandra@schrift.com COPYRIGHT: ©2006 by
Sandra Schrift. All rights reserved Format: 60 Characters per
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The Ten Habits of Highly Effective Speakers
Successful speakers do not do all the right things all the time.
They often take risks and risk bombing. But all top speakers
take daily action, to move towards their goals with many
adjustments. Here are ten ways to be a highly effective speaker.
1. Have a passion for your subject(s). If you don't care about
your topic, who will? Make a list of five topics you love.
Choose two and be willing to develop a program you are willing
to stay with for at least two years.
2. Be persistent in your quest to be a speaker of excellence.
You must be perceived as an expert with expertise. Demonstrate
this through your life experiences, research and the way you
customize your material for each audience. You are only as good
as your last speech!
3. Have the patience to succeed. Is persistence your middle
name? Don't expect to be a success over night. Get support,
mentors, a coach to help you master your presentation(s). One
speaker said, This is a hard business to make an easy living.
4. Speak from your heart. Be authentic. Be vulnerable. Share
your mishaps and idiosyncrasies. You won't be perceived as real
until you do this. When you are truthful, your audiences will
trust what you are saying. Let your message provide hope for
your audience.
5. Connect quickly with your audience. You only have 30 seconds
to make your connection. So pay attention to your opening
remarks. Don't use jokes they may offend people in your
audience. Do use short quotations, a funny story that is
relevant to your message, a question or two to get their
attention quickly.
6. Prepare 24/7 you don't write speeches, you find them
everywhere in hotels, from family experiences, in the
supermarkets and restaurants. Retrieve them and retell them.
Don't lose out on great material because you didn't have your
note pad near you. Why not invest in a mini-tape recorder and
record ideas as they occur throughout your day.
7. Speak to the ways people learn; auditory, visual and
kinesthetic. Know your audience so that you can offer the right
mix. Research suggests 40% are visual, 40% are kinesthetic, and
only 20% are auditory. If you don't use props or visuals, you
will not reach 80% of your audience. Be inclusive and find
ways/tools that will speak to 100% of the people in your
audience.
8. Support your main points with stories most people delineate
their thoughts visually. People learn best from your personal
stories. They will also do a better job in retaining your
message if you tell them a story. Remember when you were a kid.
. .you said to your parents, tell me a story. When an adult
hears your story, they are only a step away from their own
story. Become a good story teller and watch your referrals and
repeat business increase.
9. Make it fun learning is directly proportional to the amount
of fun your audience is having laughter is like internal
jogging. Inject some humor along the way. The audience wants to
lighten up even with serious matters. Reminder---mature adults
do not take themselves too seriously.
10. Have a reverence for the work you do. It is a privilege to
be on the platform. And with this comes an awesome
responsibility to your audience. Speaking is an art and a skill.
Tap in to your creativity, your wholesomeness, your playfulness.
Live/speak from the inside out.
I welcome your comments and questions in my blog;
http://www.schrift.com/blog/
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Sandra Schrift 13 year speaker bureau owner and now coach
speakers to get clients and paid speaking engagements. I also
work with business professionals and organizations who want to
deliver masterful presentations. To find out HOW TO MAKE IT AS A
PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER, go to
http://www.schrift.com/success_resources.htm Join my free
bi-weekly Monday Morning Mindfulness ezine
http://www.schrift.com/monday.htm
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