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Handouts as public speaking tools

Handouts are important tools for effective public speaking. They serve as guides for your audience. Handouts will allow the listeners to follow what you are discussing. Handouts are important and should be well prepared. When giving out the handouts to your listeners, remember to choose the right time. It is not recommended to give them...
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How to overcome the fear of speaking to people more senior than you

As we head deeper into digitalising our world and the ways in which we communicate expand, we’re becoming more reliant on how we present ourselves online than in real life. This seismic shift is spilling into how we interact at work, how we build relationships with colleagues, managers and clients which ultimately affects our potential...
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Effective public speaking: audience contact

Although speaking in public is really a monologue of sorts, this monologue is addressed to a ready, able and receptive audience who wants to learn from you as much as you want to learn from them. Speaking in public would be more effective if it is listened to. The following are effective tips to maintain...
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Audiences are your friend

For the rank amateur to the ignorant professional, audiences create the same effect no matter how small they are to a speaker. Fear and anxiety. From a single person to a crowd as big as the fans in the Super Bowl, speaking in front of a serious listening audience is the true test and baptism...
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An effective style to use in public speaking: audience participation

An effective public speaker should be able to utilize devices that will be able to capture the attention of the audience. One effective means for them to give you that much needed interest is this: get them to go on stage. Make them participate. When someone is on stage and he or she happens to...
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A key element in public speaking: timing pauses

Timing is essential when speaking in public. The cliche: It is not what you say but more on how you say it, applies so much to public speaking. Where you put your pauses during your presentation is one of the important aspects of maintaining an audience that is free from drowsing off. Couple this with...
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Where to find professional speaking jobs

You’ve got your engine running and you’re ready to get out there and find some professional speaking engagements. The only problem is that you haven’t got a clue as to where you can find jobs! One of the first steps as you launch your professional speaking career is to get good at what you do....
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What makes a great professional speaker?

People think that you have to have all this skill and talent to become a professional speaker, however, there are other important factors that determine your success. Technically, you can say and do all the right things. You can have the right information and present it in an organized format, but your true success will...
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What does the first year of professional speaking look like?

Unless you’re already a celebrity, you’ll have to work through building your professional speaking career from the ground up. This does mean work, but if the topics you plan to be speaking on are your passion, this will not be a chore to do! Also, depending upon how fast you are able to build connections...
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Using props in your professional speaking presentation

People learn and retain information in different ways. As a professional speaker, you must also learn to incorporate as many different ways of engaging your audience in order to reach as many people as possible. In fact, you have an obligation to use anything and everything it takes so that more people can relate your...
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