Public Speaking

Why do we do it?

1. To build confidence. It will help you in some job interviews

2. Help organizational skills
3. Expand your experience
4. You will have to do it someday

Why do people dislike public speaking?

1. Not prepared, or talking about something unfamiliar

2. Not used to the audience looking at you
3. Not used to the room

How to get better

1. Small steps:
a. Practice
b. Coaching
c. Audience support

What NOT TO DO when speaking in public:

1. Dont practice in front of a mirror

2. Dont shout
3. Dont stare at the back wall, or imagine the audience naked
4. Dont eat, chew, or have things in your hands to distract the audience
5. Dont tell the audience you are nervous

What TO DO when speaking in public:

1. Get familiar with the place where you will speak

2. Practice your material
3. Practice in front of another person
4. Learn something about your audience
5. Use gestures, pauses, and changes in the volume of voice appropriately
6. Make eye contact often
7. Have a beginning, middle and end to your speech

Lee Iacoccas Public Speaking Method

1. Tell the audience what you are going to talk about

2. Talk about it
3. Summarize what you just talked about