Public Speaking Tips

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To prepare a speech, you need to: Know your audience, content, and time frame, Write it the night before, Create a lot of slides to read, Quote a lot of research

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Know your audience, content, and time frame

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When asked to give a speech, you should: Plan to bring your own microphone, Ask details about the location and technology available, Not worry about the set up time, Ask about lunch

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Ask details about the location and technology available

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Before your speech, what should you do? Options: Make cue cards to read verbatim, Stay up late and worry, Have confidence that you can wing it, Practice in front of a mirror, another person, or a video camera

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Practice in front of a mirror, another person, or a video camera

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What should you avoid during your speech? Options: use a lot of "ums" and "ahs", mumble, do not use filler language or touch your face or clothing, read off your slides because you are nervous

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do not use filler language or touch your face or clothing

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Your hand gestures and body language should

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match your words

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Before you speak, you can: stare at the audience to make them feel uncomfortable, let the audience know you are scared and unprepared, ask for a podium or stage to be put in place, take deep breaths and have confidence that you are organized.

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take deep breaths and have confidence that you are organized

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During the speech, you should: Maintain eye contact and address the entire audience with your movements.

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Maintain eye contact and address the entire audience with your movements

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After you speak, you should

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entertain a few questions, thank the audience and the person who invited you to speak

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To prepare for speaking in public, you should: share your speech on social media, try out your speech on everyone, even if they are not the audience you plan to address, be organized, practice, anticipate questions, and have brief notes, buy expensive technology

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be organized, practice, anticipate questions, and have brief notes

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If your speech did not fill the expected time frame, you probably were not

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prepared