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GREAT SPEAKING
Vol. 1 Number 4 - February 26, 1999
Publisher: Tom Antion tomAntion@aol.com
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IN THIS ISSUE
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1. Quick Presentation Skills Tip
2. Advanced Presentation Skills Article
(Beginners should read this too)
3. Humor Technique Series
4. Speaker Marketing Tip
5. Speaker Humor
6. Websites for Speakers
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1. Quick Presentation Skills Tip
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ENERGY
by Ty Boyd, CSP, CPAE
The greatest asset any speaker can have is ENERGY.
Energy comes in many colors and hues, from a whisper to a
shout. Some will define energy as passion, enthusiasm or "fire
in the belly." With this fire, even a trivial message becomes
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2. Advanced Presentation Skills Article
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I Get So Emotional -- Part 1 of 2
by Tom Antion
If you want to get real action out of your audience, then
tugging on their heart strings can help make it happen. This
is where your storytelling ability can really make you shine.
Great storytellers like my friends Maggie Bedrosian and Thelma
Wells can take a simple set of facts and paint moving pictures
in the minds of their audience members with carefully crafted
stories.
You don't have to tell stories though to get emotional
response. You can get another two-for-one happy hour special
when you ask the right questions. Asking questions not only
involves the audience mentally, it can also stimulate many kinds
of emotion. "Do you remember when you were a child and you could
barely get to sleep Christmas Eve because you just knew Santa was
going to bring you that special something?" This question would
stimulate fond feelings in most Christian audiences. It would
not, however, connect so well with people who do not celebrate
Christmas (remember: know your audience). How about this
question, "Do you remember doing something really bad as a child?
What kind of punishment did your parents give you?" These
questions would cause the audience to remember bad feelings. "Did
you ever have a pet that died, or did you have a friend who had a
pet that died?" This would undoubtedly elicit sad feelings. If
you want the audience to smile, ask them this, "Can you remember
the most embarrassing moment of your life?" Most people will
laugh when thinking back to an embarrassment that they felt was
a tragedy at the time because one of the definitions of humor is
tragedy separated by space and time.
So, tell stories and ask the right questions to move the
emotional state of your audience.
(Ref: Wake em Up Business Presentations Pages 128-129)
Part II in the next issue will show you how to move people to
action by choosing the right words.
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3. HUMOR TECHNIQUE
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TIMING (Part 4 of a 10 part excerpt series)
by Tom Antion
Timing is one of the most important aspects of humor and Wake
em Up presenting. Not only is timing involved in an individual
piece of humor, it is also involved in the placement of that
piece of humor in the overall presentation. Timing is also
involved in spontaneous reactions to "expected" unexpected
developments during the presentation.
Jack Benny said, "Timing is not so much knowing when to speak,
but knowing when to pause." He should know, because he delivered
one of the funniest and most famous lines in the history of
comedy after an extremely long pause. He was being held up by a
robber at gunpoint. The robber said, "Your money or your life!"
Jack did not say a word for an extended period of time. The
robber became impatient and said, "YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE!!"
Jack finally replied, "Im thinking." His persona as a cheapskate,
coupled with a long pause indicating he was having trouble
deciding whether to give up his money or die was hilarious. A
pause lets the audience catch up and draw pictures in their mind.
It is the audience's signal to imagine.
In joke telling, a pause just before and just after your punch
line sets it apart from the setup of the joke and gives the
audience a chance to laugh. Absolutely do not continue to talk
when laughter is expected. Laughter is hard to get and easy to
discourage. Hold eye contact a little bit longer than you think
you should when delivering punch lines because time is hard to
judge when you are pumped-up for a presentation.
The size of your audience will affect your timing. Your
presentation will take less time to deliver to smaller audiences.
Smaller audiences should mean quicker laughter. Conversely,
presentations will take longer for extremely large crowds. Your
pauses will be longer to compensate for the wave effect created
because of the physical distance between you and the back row of
the audience.
(Ref: Wake em Up Business Presentations Page 89)
Next issue learn how the time of day effects your audience
response.
"In Wake em Up, Tom Antion teaches us how to get our message
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5. SPEAKER HUMOR
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=> I am really lucky. I caught the boquet at a funeral.
=> My singing is used to augment the grief at a funeral.
=> Childs definition of a newspaper: "It is something you read
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=> Neurotics build air castles. Psychotics live in them, and
Psychiatrists collect the rent.
=> Always look on the bright side: In California they call
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=> A government that is big enough to give you everything you
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=> This job has done wonders for my paronia. Now I really know I
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=> If you want to be seen, stand up. If you want to be heard,
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=> Interrupted childs prayer: "Excuse me God while I kick
my brother."
=> Interrupted adults prayer?: "Boss, I know it looks like I
was sleeping, but I was just praying for a better third
quarter."
=> I appreciate your welcome. As the cow said to the Farmer,
"Thanks for the warm hand on a cold morning."
=> When a speaker says, "Well to make a long story short," its
too late.
=> To err is human. To admit it is not.
=> I am not crazy about money, but it quiets my nerves.
=> Optimist: Someone who always sees the bright side . . .
of your problem.
=> Pessimist: Someone who really knows what is going on.
=> Hypocrite: Someone who complains about all the sex,
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