The Conversation of Public Speaking Posted By : The Voice Lady

The last thing I want to hear when I'm in attendance for a 50-minute presentation is a speaker reading to me. What this means for you, the speaker, is that you should rehearse your presentation many, many times so that you are comfortable with your main points and can speak around your ideas using note cards or by means of a PowerPoint presentation. When I give a presentation on voice, for example, I have one word at the top of a card which says in big, bold, black letters Intro. Those 4 points Into through UWO give me about 10 minutes of material on one 5X8 note card. By speaking around note cards, I am then able to talk to my audience and not at them, making eye contact throughout the room, targeting my smilers, and watching the audience's reaction to me. The Voice Lady Nancy Daniels offers private, corporate and group workshops in voice and presentation skills as well as Voicing It!

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