DON

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DONT WORRYALL THE GREAT SPEAKERS WERE BAD
SPEAKERS AT FIRST
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HERE ARE SOME CLUES ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE PUBLIC
SPEAKING
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WHAT TO DO?

• LISTEN TO YOURSELF
• WORK ON THE IDENTIFIED PROBLEMS
• CONQUER YOUR NERVES
• IMPROVE YOUR BREATHING
• IMPROVE YOUR VOICE

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A GOOD SPEAKER NEEDS

• A FLUENT,CLEAR VOICE
• A CONFIDENT APPEARANCE
• A WELL RESEARCHED SUBJECT
• A SMILE
• THE ABILITY TO APPEAL AN AUDIENCE
• A SINCERE APPROACH
• GOOD USE OF LANGUAGE
• THE POWER OF PERSUASION

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• TO ADRESS ONE PERSON
• PRECISE TIMING
• SELF CONTROL
• ATTENTION GAINING TECHNIQUES
• AN EASY PROGRESSION OF IDEAS
• A SENSE OF AUDIENCE REACTION
• ADAPTION TO NEEDS OF THE AUDIENCE
• A GENIUNE DESIRE TO COMMUNICATE
• A LIST OF DONTS

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DONT

• SPEAK UNPREPARED
• BE APOLOGETIC
• LEARN YOUR SPEECH BY HEART AND THEN RECITE IT
• BE SO MARRIED TO YOUR NOTES
• MUMBLE
• SPEAK SO QUICKLY
• SPEAK SO SLOWLY
• SPEAK IN A MONOTONE
• HARANGUE
• GIVE LENGTHY STATISTICS
• QUOTE WITHOUT GIVING YOUR SOURCE
• PATRONISE YOUR LISTENERS
• OVER-USE SLANG, JARGON OR ACRONYMS EXPRESSIONS

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APPEARANCE

• BE COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR CHOICE OF CLOTHES
• CHECK YOUR APPEARANCE BEFORE GOING INTO PUBLIC
  VIEW
• ERR ON THE SIDE OF FORMAL DRESSING
• CONTROL YOUR HANDS
• STAND EASILY
• ENSURE THAT ANY EXTRA EQUIPMENT WORKS

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ADAPTING TO THE AUDIENCE

• ALWAYS SHOW SINCERITY
• CHOOSE SHORTER WORDS
• THE YOUNG AND THE ELDERLY ARE PEOPLE
• BE INTERESTED IN SATISFYING YOUR LISTENERS

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CHOOSING THE BEST LANGUAGE

• NEVER USE A LONG WORD WHERE A SHORT ONE WILL DO
• IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO CUT OUT A WORD, ALWAYS CUT
  IT OUT
• NEVER USE THE PASSIVE WHERE YOU CAN USE THE
  ACTIVE
• NEVER USE A FOREIGN PHRASE, A SCIENTIFIC WORD OR
  A JARGON IF YOU CAN THINK OF AN ENGLISH ONE
• TRY OUT A NEW WORD BEFORE USING IN PUBLICLY

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THE USE OF HUMOUR

• CHOOSE JOKES CAREFULLY
• NEVER EMBARRASS
• IF A JOKE FALLS FLAT,IGNORE IT AND CONTINUE

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PLANNING A SPEECH

• THINK ABOUT YOUR TOPIC CAREFULLY
• FIND A STARTLING BEGINNING
• TRY WORKING BACKWARDS FROM A STUNNING CONCLUSION
• PLOT YOUR SPEECH IN NOTE FORM
• EXPAND THOSE NOTES
• TIME TO THE MINUTE

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• MONITOR YOUR PRESENTATION
• DONT CONCLUDE WITH THANK YOU
• THINK ABOUT YOUR SPEECH-WHAT TO BE IMPROVED