I told you I dont like public speaking

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• I told you I dont like public speaking!

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Mindset Power of Words

• Opportunities vs. Conflicts
• Challenges vs. Problems
• Will try vs. Will Do
• Rescue Plan vs. Bailout Plan

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Ambition vs. Passion

• Ambition is an earnest desire for some type of
  achievement or distinction, as power, honor,
  fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive
  for its attainment whereas
• Passion is any powerful or compelling emotion or
  feeling, as love or hate.

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• Lets talk about passion

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Up Close with Anxiety

• Public speaking is something entirely different
  from typical conversations
• I dont get to practice very often
• What if I freeze up and embarrass myself?
• What if people dont like what I have to say?
• What if people dont like my style?

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Overcoming Anxiety of Prepared Speaking

• Get enough sleep
• Relax before the event starts
• Dont forget to breathe
• Do not try to recall word for word.
• All you need is two or three main points
• You dont have to be perfect.
• Your audience wants you to succeed
• Anxiety is your friend look to the left

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Overcoming Fear of Impromptu Speaking

• Impromptu Small Talk
• Listen closely to the question
• Buy time - Repeat the question
• Buy time - Acknowledge the question
• 5W H
• Answer with And yes
• When you dont know, be diplomatic - say a
  better but timely question is
• Give an extemporaneous answer as opposed to an
  impromptu answer.

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Becoming Excellent - Its a marathon not a
sprint!

• For Delivery
• Look good, feel good
• Do not be a statue
• Feel free to use your hands - they are yours
• Smile - its contagious
• Whats been omitted?
• Contd.

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• How Not to Make Eye Contact

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Becoming Excellent - Its a marathon not a
sprint!

• For Content
• Grabber
• WIIFM
• MMFI
• Storytelling
• Metaphor, Similes, and Allegory
• Humility and Humor
• Poems and Quotes
• Facts and Statistics (Important!)

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People may forget what you said but are likely to
remember how you made them feel.
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Play Time

• Read this
• Speak to one person vent share something
  youre not happy about
• Speak to all tell us why your hobby is better
  than someone elses hobby
• Make Eye Contact talk about personal resolution
• Smile talk about professional resolution
• Smile, Make Eye Contact and Speak to All topic
  - how public speaking is similar to exercise
• Use Anchor - I rock!
• Finish the Story Once upon a time
• Tell the funniest story from your college life
  
• Use Metaphor A life without a goal is a boat
  without a

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Play Time Contd.

• Tell us a Dramatic Story achieving a major
  milestone in life
• Analyze the quote I never worry about action,
  but only inaction. -Winston Churchill
• Use the following quote in your speech
  Character consists of what you do on the third
  or fourth tries
• Not everything that counts can be counted, and
  not everything that can be counted counts
  Albert Einstein
• If you were given the opportunity to be a
  celebrity, who would you like to become?
• Tell us about your most boring day and then tell
  us what made the day better with monotonous
  then excited voice
• Tell us about your most glorious day with
  excited then relaxed voice
• You will ask 3 audiences a question and then give
  a speech on the answer
• Inspire us with an achievement story
• Make us laugh joke, real story or improvisation

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Toastmasters International

• Established in 1924
• Over 230,000 members in 92 countries, through its
  over 11,500 member clubs
• In NYC alone, over 70 clubs visit
  toastmasters.org

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Beyond the 10 speeches
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Recommended Reading

• Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman
• How to be Funny by Jon Mack
• The Story Factor by Annette Simmons
• Quotable Quotes by the Editors of Readers Digest
• The Autobiography of Bernie Madoff (Optional)

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Lets change the world
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• Mosharof Shamim (call me Moe)
• Mosharof.shamim_at_yahoo.com
• http//www.linkedin.com/in/mosharofshamim