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July 2005 |
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A Public Speaking Recipe from
Steve Jobs: Tell Three Stories. Make Three Points.
Stop. |
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“Today
I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No
big deal. Just three stories.”
That’s the way Apple Billionaire Steve Jobs began his
recent
commencement speech to graduates Stanford University.
What great way to grab an audience’s attention. Who doesn’t
love stories?
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Want to Win a Beauty Contest?
Don't Just Talk. Ask
Questions. |
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One way to set yourself apart in a beauty
contest presentation is to plan more than what
you’re going to say.
Plan what you’re going to ask.
Beauty contest presentations are those formal
pitches where teams of vendors are paraded
before a panel of decision-makers.
Everyone gets about an hour to give their
presentations.
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Is
the Hand Bone Connected to the Memory Bone? Perhaps,
According to Kids Study. |
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A new
study of the way children tell stories suggests that
making bigger gestures could help you become a better speaker
by helping you recall more of what you want to say.
The
discovery is part of a study by researchers at the University
of Alberta. The researchers observed bilingual children
as they told stories.
"The
children used gestures a lot more when telling the story in
what they considered to be their stronger language," Dr. Elena
Nicoladis, a psychologist at the U of A, said in an article in
Science Daily. "These results seemed counter-intuitive to
us. We thought the children would be more inclined to use
gestures to help them communicate in their weaker language."
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Speaking Advice From Mark Twain; Preparation is Key to
Success. |
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“It
usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good
impromptu speech.”
So
said writer and orator Mark Twain. At Speechworks, we
take Twain’s words to mean that preparation is everything.
If you want to be a great speaker, you must learn how to
create a great presentation and then how to practice. |
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Want
to Nail Your Next Big Presentation? Let Our Coaches Help
You Be a Star! |
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When Henry
Ford introduced the Model T, the joke was that you could have
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same.
Most
public speaking training takes place in workshops. But
Speechworks is changing that model with Communication
Situation Coaching. |
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