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Quick Tips for Speakers, Writers and Life Leaders
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Connect with Your Audience
1. Smile and the whole world smiles with you.
2. Make eye contact, your eyes are the window to the soul - yours and theirs!
3. He who laughs, lasts!
4. Speak from personal experience.
5. If your heart feels like smiling, why not inform your face! Your enthusiasm for your subject and your audience, endorse your message.
Speak Easy: The Survival Guide to Speech and Public Speaking by R. Mark Giuliano.
| Put Your Anxiety to Rest
1. Don't be anxious about being anxious. Anxiety is good energy waiting to be harnessed.
2. Fake it 'til you make. Act confident and soon you will be confident.
3. There is a God and you are not her! Don't worry about perfection.
4. Focus on the audience, not on your self.
5. Practice, practice, practice.
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| Dr. Babcock's Speech Tips
Probably the primary responsibility a speaker has is to relate to her/his audience. The audience is THE most important component of public speaking situation. As I often say to my students, "If it wasn't for the audience, you would be up in front of a bunch of empty chairs talking to yourself."
1. Always consider your audience FIRST when choosing a topic. Who comprises the audience? What would be of interest to them? How many will be attending? Build your presentation around the audience members.
2. Consider the location. Where will the speaking event take place? It makes a difference if you are giving a presentation in a conference room, or an auditorium, or a classroom.
3. If you are given a specific amount of time, stick to that framework! To run over or under time is discourteous to the audience and to the speakers who may be following you. If you plan your presentation to fall within the allotted time, you will reduce your stress level, too, because you will know you have the right amount of material.
4. Try to avoid reading your speech. If you organize your speech in an outline form, noting the main points and supporting points, you will be more inclined to focus on your audience and not on your paper. Eye contact is the most important nonverbal message a speaker can give the audience.
5. Practice! If you practice your presentation, the result will be an increase in your confidence, your remaining within the requested time frame, and your maintaining eye contact with the audience.
Good luck!
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| Dr. Carolyn Babcock, Professor of Communication. |
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Deep Thoughts
“The goal of communication is to share meaning.”
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Tip of the Month
Even if you have an ugly dog, walk it proudly!
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