How You
Can Become
A Great
Speaker
By Ann Murray
CEP
Creative Endeavors Publishers
Copyright 2011 by Creative Endeavors Publishing
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First Edition 2011
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Dorothy Morrison
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Gather the Data
Types of Presenting
Facilities
Logistics Checklist.
Types of Audiences
Ways to Get the Audience to Sit Up and Take Notice
Audience Analysis
Visual.
Auditory.
Kinesthetic
Create Your Story or Script
Days before Your Presentation.
Minutes before the Event
Day of the Event
Practicing the Delivery
Play to Your Audience
Delivery Skills
Questions and Answers
Advanced Techniques
Verbal Language
Body Language
Wardrobe
Objectives/Types of Speech
After the Presentation
Audio Visuals
Summary
Gather the Data
The topic or subject is usually dictated by the client, although you have the discretion on how to tailor it.
The title to your presentation should do several things. It needs be a declarative statement or question in headline for, and it needs to arouse interest in the topic you are going to discuss.