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It is possible to deliver a world-class speech - if you know what the pro's do. Learn 9 simple hacks that can transform a boring presentation into brilliant. <br>For example, learn the 35/50/15 formula to nail your timing, how to use fewer slides with the 2/4/8 template, where to find great stories, and how to use social proof to get a standing ovation. <br>Even if you are a nervous beginner these 9 techniques will make you better on stage, get your audience leaning in, and make it seem like you have been speaking to audiences for years. <br>Each one of these hacks has been tested with the most difficult audiences (including doctors, prison guards, CEO's, sales people, and engineers.) <br>The theme to this SlideShare is to deliver less content, better. Using these skills, every lesson will be more powerful, every story more memorable, and every speech more valuable.
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Nine Hacks Guaranteed to make your next SPEECH WORLD CLASS
Congratulations! You’ve been asked to speak on the main stage.
“What if no one cares what I have to say?”
To deliver a world class speech, you don’t have to be famous, brilliant (or even funny).
Here are 9 ways to make your next speech world class.
Avoid the mistake of starting too slow and ending too fast.
Use this timing formula: 35% for the opening - story (get their attention, build rapport), - problem (what are you here to solve?), - promise (what can they expect?)
Use this timing formula: 50% for content - deliver 3-5 solutions with a story for each one.
Use this timing formula: 15% for the close - summary, call-to-action, closing story
Skip the I’m-so-glad-to-be-here self-serving babble and jump right into a story.
A well-told story will always knock the socks off a poorly told story about, say winning an Olympic medal.
Your slides are NOT the message - they should ADD to your message (not make it worse)
My formula is 2/4/8: •no more than 1 slide every 2 minutes •no more than 4 bullets per slide •no more than 8 words per bullet* *just like this slide
Every 10-12 minutes get your audience moving.
They will learn more, remember more (and recommend you more)
Question: “Do you have to be funny in your speech?”
Question: “Do you have to be funny in your speech?” Answer: “Only if you want to get invited back.”
Instead of trying to be funny, watch for funny or surprising moments (kids, dog, neighbours, or shopping) in everyday life.
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Here’s a secret to getting booked to speak more: Get audience feedback during your speech.
About halfway, I always ask: “Are you enjoying this and is it valuable?”
The applause I get is called Social Proof (now they ALL agree this is world class)
People learn from people they connect with.
This is true in management, sales, love and your next presentation.
4 ways to connect with your audience: • • • • wear clothes similar but slightly better than your audience, use words they understand (don’t try to impress), stay on stage until they’re warmed up to you, share some faults (it makes you human).
Avoid doing a ‘brain dump’ on your audience—you’ll look like an amateur and they’ll forget it.
Instead, deliver less content, better: • • • • remove content that doesn’t reinforce your main points, anchor every lesson to a story, repeat the best parts, summarize
If you want to be memorable, close It simple, if you want to be memorable, close with an emotional story. with an emotional story.
3 types of closing story (instead of: Oprah, Rosa Park, Mother Teresa, or Michael Jordan, use your own): 1. how these lessons changed your life, 2. how these lessons changed someone else’s life, 3. the ending to the story you opened with.
Nine Hacks Guaranteed to Make Your Next Speech World Class #1 Nail the Timing #2 Start with a Story #3 Use Fewer Slides #4 Do the Boogie #5 Be Funny #6 Get Social Proof #7 Connect with the Audience #8 Deliver less Content, Better #9 End with a Bang
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