10-20-30 principle
This is a principle of slide production and presentation put forward by guy kawasaki (a famous venture capitalist in the Bay Area and a passionate, wise and humorous speaker), that is, a Powerpoint should not exceed 10 slides, the total length of the presentation should not exceed 20 minutes, and the font of the slides should be greater than 30. He said that whether your idea can subvert the world or not, you should convey its essence to the audience with fewer slides and refined language in a limited time.
Interesting speech
The speech should be entertaining. I don't mean jumping like a monkey when giving a speech, but people expect to feel your passion in the speech rather than boring recitation compared with articles or magazines.
Traction bit
Nervous or inexperienced speakers are more likely to keep talking like machine guns during the speech. Try to slow down your speech and add some pauses to achieve the effect of emphasis.
Eye contact
Make eye contact with all the audience. Salespeople know that you can't concentrate all your attention on the person who makes the decision, because secretaries and assistants also influence the boss's decision to some extent (always paying attention to one person will make another person feel uncomfortable).
Summarize with 15.
Can you sum up your thoughts with the word 15? If not, then sum it up. The speech is not as powerful as the ideal information, so repeating the summary of this word 15 in the speech can achieve the effect of emphasizing and deepening memory.
20-20 principle
Another slide production principle. This principle is that your speech should have 20 slides, and each slide only lasts for 20 seconds. Its purpose is to force you to be concise and avoid the impatience of the audience.
Don't look at the slides.
Many people think that they can speak without the script, but in fact they often look back at the screen. Watching slides will only interrupt your speech and indirectly tell the audience that you don't understand what you want to say, thus losing confidence and interest in your speech.
A speech is like telling a story.
If your speech is long, you'd better add some short stories, puns and anecdotes to connect the whole speech and help explain your point of view. Excellent speakers all know how to connect short stories with the main points to attract the audience.
Increase the volume
The most taboo of a speech is that the audience can't hear what the speaker is saying. Although there are microphones and speakers now, you still have to make sure that all the audience can hear you. Raising the volume is not asking you to shout. The correct way is to straighten your body and make a clearer sound from your lungs instead of your throat.
Don't plan your gestures in advance.
Any gesture in a speech should be an extension of the message you want to convey. It helps you convey the emotion in the message. Gestures planned in advance will appear unnatural, and when deliberately done, they will not match other natural body languages. If you don't know what gestures to make, put your hands at your sides (don't point at the audience! )。
"That's a good question."
Buy yourself time and organize your answer time with sentences like "This is really a good question" and "I'm glad you asked this question". The audience generally won't notice such polite words, and you should also avoid "grace" and "ah".
Inhale rather than exhale.
When you feel like saying "hmm", "ah" and other modal particles (too many modal particles will only make your speech worse), you can pause or take a deep breath. Although the pause will be awkward, the audience will rarely notice it.
Arrive at the meeting early (as early as possible)
Don't wait for the audience to sit down before slowly debugging the projector and slides. Arrive at the lecture site in advance, get familiar with the site, and check the computer and projection equipment to ensure that there will be no abnormal situation. This helps to eliminate tension.
practice makes perfect
Join organizations like Toastmasters to improve and practice their speech and conversation skills. These exercises will make you more capable and confident when you speak on the stage.
Avoid apologizing
You just need to apologize when you do something wrong. Don't apologize for your incompetence, nervousness and inadequate preparation, which will only make the audience feel that you are not confident. Moreover, in most cases, the audience will not notice your nervousness and small mistakes.
You must apologize when you make mistakes.
Although you should avoid apologizing, you must apologize when the information you convey contains wrong opinions or other obvious mistakes. It's natural to remain confident, but overconfidence will lead to problems.
From the audience's point of view
Write a speech and think from the standpoint of the audience. What content is difficult for the audience to understand; What content will make the audience feel burdensome? Always remember what the content expressed here means to the audience.
Take pleasure in ...
Inject your passion into your speech and enjoy it.