Edyth Izard

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Suggestion – Ninth, Do whatever builds a connection without making any points.

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Suggestion – Eighth, Mention something positive about the speakers who spoke before you, if there were any speakers.

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Suggestion –Seventh, ask them how they are doing and put your hand to your ear so that they will respond verbally.

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Suggestion – Sixth, Do a very quick activity that involves them in some kind of physical movement. It makes connection with the audience.

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Suggestion – Fifth, Speak about the city or even the specific location of the event.

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Suggestion – Fourth, Share a humorous story without attaching a point. This works great because your humility will attract the audience.

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Suggestion – Third, Share something funny that one of the participants said to you and call them by name to make a greater connection.

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Suggestion – Second, Talk about something interesting that happened on the way to the engagement (perhaps while traveling).

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Suggestion – First, Give thanks to the people who brought you in to speak and mention them by name.

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Here are some suggestions for things you can do during these first few make-or-break-your-speech moments:

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Deadly Sins of Public Speaking #7: “Pride - Pride is committed by a speaker who believes that public speaking is about them.”

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Deadly Sins of Public Speaking #6: “Wrath, or uncontrolled anger, is committed by a speaker who handles problems in the worst possible way.”

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Deadly Sins of Public Speaking #5: “Greed - Greed is the deadly sin of excess, and is committed by a speaker who goes over time.”

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Deadly Sins of Public Speaking #4: “Gluttony - Gluttony is exhibited by speakers who believe that more is always better.”

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Deadly Sins of Public Speaking #3: “The lustful speaker attempts to calm their nerves by applying the advice to picture the audience naked!”

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Deadly Sins of Public Speaking #2: “By false belief that great speakers are simply lucky to have been born with natural speaking skills.”

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Deadly Sins of Public Speaking #1: “Sloth - Sloth, or laziness, is committed by speakers who fail to prepare.”

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~~Stage freight Strategies Part 5~~
9.Practice. Especially practice bits so you can spit out a few minutes of your program.

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~~Stage Freight Strategies Part 4~~
8.Absolutely memorize your opening statement so you can recite it on autopilot if you have to.

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~~Stage Freight Strategies part 3~~
6.Anticipate hard and easy questions.
7.Organize your speaking notes.