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By: loususi

loususi — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:23:36 +0000

amazing post … your suggestion to consider presentations and talks a means of entertainment remind me of the famous quote from Marshall McLuhan 'Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either.'

By: loususi

loususi — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:23:36 +0000

By: Louis Rosas-Guyon

Louis Rosas-Guyon — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:58:14 +0000

As the director for a community theater group, let me also add the following show biz items:

1. Write a script or at least an outline. You don't have to memorize it and repeat it word for word, but you should know what you want to talk about.
2. Rehearse. Practice makes perfect. Try video taping yourself and then watch it afterwards. This will let you spot lots of things you'll want to correct.
3. No happy feet. Move with purpose. Don't let nervous energy make you bounce around on stage.
4. Don't say Ummm or any of the other noises we make when we are thinking.
5. Smile. Look pleasant.

Great post!

By: Tumblemoose

Tumblemoose — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:15:08 +0000

Chris,

Good tips.

In terms of being an entertainer, I would add: MOVE! At key points, change your position on the stage. If the venue permits, get OFF the stage and move around the audience a bit. That kind of interaction brings you closer to the audience and promotes an atmosphere of real attention-paying.

George

By: 3Sixty

3Sixty — Mon, 18 May 2009 01:10:56 +0000

Cool. Thanks. Doing my first talk tomorrow and it's nice to have a check list that lines up with what I am hoping.

By: BiZZantik

BiZZantik — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:01:13 +0000

Chris,
I couldn't stop thinking about this. You were the inspiration for my blog post, I Want to Be a Public Speaker (http://bizzantik.com/?p=94).

Thanks for all you do.

By: Ethan Yarbrough

Ethan Yarbrough — Sun, 17 May 2009 03:59:08 +0000

"You are an entertainer". So true. If you need evidence of how important the human factor, the entertaining delivery, the animation and inspiration from the speaker is, just look through almost any slide presentation on slideshare.net. There are a lot of pretty slides and many of them imply that they were probably part of a really interesting presentation, but they all just lie flat on the screen, trapped in two dimensions. Thanks for the good advice and reminders Chris.

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Sun, 17 May 2009 02:15:20 +0000

Excellent tips, Chris! Thanks for sharing. I'd like to add another (to the potpourri of ideas in the comments above mine): To paraphrase former Magellan financial wizard Peter Lynch and his sage advice on stock picking, use verbiage in presentations that a 7-year-old child can understand. If the child can't, don't use it. Your topic and audience are second to the language you speak, so speak simply.