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Get secrets direct from:
Mark Brown, 1995 World Champion of Public Speaking
Craig Valentine, 1999 World Champion of Public Speaking
Ed Tate, CSP, 2000 World Champion of Public Speaking
Darren LaCroix, 2001 World Champion of Public Speaking
Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE
Speaker's EDGE: Secrets and Strategies for Connecting with Any Audience
Six Keys to Connecting Your Keynote to Your Audience
4
The Emotional Tap: The Fastest Way to Connect
7
Halfway through Your Presentation,
You Realize, "This is Not Working!"
8
Internalize Not Memorize
13
7.5 Suggestions for Getting Out of Your Head
14
Unveiling the Magic for Being a More Effective Speaker
19
How Our Audience Members Learn
19
Engage Your Audience
22
Don't Speak Too Quickly in Front of Your Audience
24
Build Emotional Connection through Eye Contact
25
Getting Over the Jitters Before You Speak
26
Seven Timely Tips for Pre-Presentation Preparation
28
How to Lose an Audience in Ten Ways
31
Speak into the Listening That People Are Hearing
39
Appreciative Listener
40
Empathic Listener
40
Comprehensive Listener
41
Discerning Listener
41
Evaluative Listener
41
Eight Keys to an Effective Q & A Session
45
Set Expectations
45
Ask “What Questions Do You Have?”
45
Rephrase the Questions
46
Frame Your Responses
46
Make Sure Your Answers Are Brief
46
Include the Whole Audience
46
Acknowledge the Importance or Validity of the Question
47
Occasionally Ask, “Does that Make Sense?”
47
A Powerful Presentation Lesson From Dr. Wayne Dyer
49
Content Excellence
51
Ignite Your Audience with Your Introduction
53
What's Wrong with That Introduction?
54
Five Guideposts to Fire Up
Your Audience with Your Introduction
54
Mind Your Ps and Qs
59
Poetry and Quotations
59
Preponderance and Quantity
60
Pace and Quickness
61
Pause and Quietness
62
Power and Quality
62
Speak to Be Remembered and Repeated
65
Speak in Shorter Sentences
65
Choose the Best Punch Word
65
Perfect Your Pause
66
Repeat Your Key Ideas More Than Once
66
Say Something Memorable
66
Want Your Audiences to Remember What You Say?
Learn the Importance of Clear Structure
66
Five Tips for Exciting Speeches
68
So You Want to Speak and Can't Think of What to Say
69
Four Strong Openings
72
The Daily Debrief
81
Debriefing Models
81
Four Ways to Tighten Up Your Speech
87
Anecdotes (Stories)
87
Activities
88
Analogies
88
Acronyms
88
Lights … Camera … H U M O R!
91
Rule of Three
92
A Great Example from a Student of Humor
93
Looking into Personal Experience to
Find the Moments of Humor
93
Winning Techniques
97
Using Plan B Can Make Your Presentation Stand Out
99
The Suspended Story
103
Select Your Story Very Carefully
103
Use the Technique Sparingly
104
Tap and Transport
109
Tap: The Key to Hooking Your Audience
109
Transport: Invite Your Audience to Join You on Your Journey
110
Tools That Invite Your Audience into Your Scene
111
Check the VAKS
111
It's Easier to Earn a Gold Medal Than to Win a Trophy!
115
Earning Credibility That Wins Business
121
Seven Fripp Do's
122
Three Fripp Don'ts
123
Every Great Proposal Starts with Great Questions
123
Creating a Successful Proposal
124
Using Power Pitching to Get the Personal Connection Edge
125
The Eleven Biggest Traps to Avoid When You Speak: Turn Dull into Dynamic!
127
Sound Intelligent, Powerful, Polished, Articulate, and Confident
130
Are You Guilty of the Unconscious Goof That Can Hurt Your Credibility?
131
Levels of Abstraction: Fat and Skinny Words
132
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