Miscellaneous Pedroleve Blog on 05 Apr 2008
Lead the world by influencing people
Leadership is the great virtue. It’s the most complex task a person can do. But for those who know the art of effective speaking, it’s the most exciting thing. Fortunately, one can learn these skills. In this blog I’m providing some of the tips to enhance your public speaking skills. These are:
1. Acquire the basics
- Learn from the experience of others.
- Be focused.
- See yourself as a successful speaker.
- Find and utilize every opportunity to practice
- Understand the facts about speaking in public.
- Get prepared well in advance.
- Act confidently
3. How to speak in the quick ‘n’ easy way
- Speak about the subject you have sufficient knowledge & material.
- Be excited about your subject
- Try to share your talk with audience
- Do the adequate research on the subject you are going to speak
- Give as many illustrations and examples as possible in your speech.
4. Vitalize your speech
- Choose the subject you like most.
- Share the speech with your audience.
- Talk in your listeners’ language.
- Put yourself in audience’s shoes.
5. Make it short and simple
- Give examples of incidents from your own life
- Arrange ideas in sequence
- Make the talk to convince people
- Get yes-responses
- Speak with enthusiasm
- Show respect for the audience
- Start in a friendly way