The document provides 10 mistakes to avoid in public speaking. It lists mistakes such as thanking the audience, having an uneven pace, making the speech about yourself, using forgettable or generic content, causing uncomfortable moments, overusing PowerPoint, reading slides, using overused material, including too much content, and going overtime. It recommends launching into the material, pacing yourself, being vulnerable, delivering three memorable solutions, engaging the audience, improving PowerPoint usage, maintaining eye contact, using original material, focusing on less but more memorable content, and finishing on time.
9. #1 Thanking the audience
Really!? We know youre happy to be there!
Thanking the audience is self-serving - get
on with what you came to deliver.
10. #2 Start too slow,
鍖nish too fast
Big mistake. Practice your
鍖rst 鍖ve minutes and know
when you need to be: 1/4
way, 1/2 way and starting
your close.
11. #3 Making it all about you
Heroic stories about parachuting to
work after pulling a family of eight from
a burning house are all about you.
Tip: Share when you failed and your
audience will lean in.
12. #4 Forgettable content
D.U.F.A. (Dont Use Forgettable
Acronyms). Keep your core lesson
to three points and make each
lesson memorable*
* like sharpen the saw and seek 鍖rst to understand
13. #5 Uncomfortable
moments
Three things to avoid early
in your speech: asking for a
volunteer, walking into the
audience, or asking them to
share personal information.
(Timing is everything.)
14. Long bullets, too much text,
and free clip art make you
look like an amateur. Use
fewer slides, keep bullets to a
minimum, and use big, bold
images.
#6 Ugly Powerpoint
(Or no slides at all)
Tip: Limit each slide to 3 bullets and
only one line per bullet.
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16. #7 Reading your slides
Bad enough your slides are crowded,
dont make it worse by ignoring your
audience and reading them.
Tip: look at one person at a time and everyone
will feel like you are looking at them.
17. #8 Using old material
Dont tell the star鍖sh story,
Thomas Edison failed 5,000
times, or Our deepest fear is
that we are powerful beyond
measure.*
(Get original content.)
*Marianne Williamson
18. #9 Too much content
Instead of piling on more
content, use stories, get
the audience involved,
and slow down.
Fact: Within one hour your audience
will forget about 50% of what you
share. Art Kohn, Ph.D
19. If an event planner invites you to go
overtime - dont believe them.
Delegates can read time and they
want their breaks.
#10 Going overtime
(Finish on time. Period.)
20. Quick Summary (what to do)
#1 Launch right into your material
#2 Pace yourself and never rush the ending
#3 Be vulnerable, share when you failed
#4 Deliver three memorable solutions
#5 Build audience engagement
#6 Clean up your Powerpoint
#7 Look your audience in the eye
#8 Use original material
#9 Less content is more memorable
#10 Dont go overtime. Period
21. Photo Credits
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