Public Speaking Classes

The Art of Public Speaking
Our Public Speaking training classes are designed for both the inexperienced presenter or as a refresher for more experienced members of your company or organization. Our training workshops are offered in most major cities across the United States and Canada. All public speaking skills training classes are small which will give you all the face to face time you need with our training team.

Our public speaking training classes (presentation training) will eliminate your fear or inexperience in public speaking and dramatically improve your speaking skills whether you are persuading, educating, or informing. Our highly interactive workshops focus on professional business communication including preparation, structure, delivery, and strategy, use of visual aids, and handling questions & answers. Contact us today by phone at 713-627-7700 or via email: service@publicspeakingtraining.net

Public Speaking Skills Training: Establishing Rapport with Your Audience

 

1. Never tell jokes. Jokes generally ridicule people and always alienate someone in the audience.

2. Tell self-deprecating funny stories. We trust people who have imperfect lives - like us. But don't reveal all your faults at once - the audience might brand you a real loser.

3. Dress a little better than your audience so they see you as the expert but not too removed.

4. Look them in the eye. We trust you if you look at us. Don't stare at that proverbial spot on the back wall. Look at and talk to each person in the audience - one at a time.

5. Smile. They will naturally smile back at you. If you think your audience looks miserable - remember they are a mirror of the speaker.

6. Tell stories - don't lecture. Kids plead with their parents, 'Tell us a story.' They never say, 'Give us a lecture.' Why do you think we hate lectures - and why I slept through so many at university?

7. Speak the language of the audience. With engineers - talk slide rules, structural forces and tolerances. Whisper the word RAM to computer nerds and watch their eyes light up. When speaking to associations, learn if they are called clients, members, associates, delegates or true believers.

8. Help them laugh. Every one loves to laugh. Remember the scene in Mary Poppins with the staid bankers. The old geezer died laughing. Don't kill the audience, but inject some humour.

9. Talk about things the audience can relate to. Sales people relate to cold calls, warehousers to stock-outs, bureaucrats to policy formation, and entrepreneurs to cash flow. Remember that everyone relates to family.

10. Be yourself. Be comfortable. Prepare; but don't worry, it's okay to make mistakes. If you are plastic and too polished the audience won't believe you.

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