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Great Speaking Vol. 1 Number 18
NEW DEPARTMENT: Tech Tip From Mike Rounds
FREE Wake em Up BOOK: (see below)
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GREAT SPEAKING
Circulation 7889
Vol. 1 Number 18 - September 24, 1999
Publisher: Tom Antion tomAntion@aol.com
http://www.Antion.com
(C) Anchor Publishing 1999
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No one ever lost credibility by
being interesting.
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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
7. Tech Tip From Mike Rounds
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1. Quick Presentation Skills Tip
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NOW I LAY ME DOWN . . . . TO TALK by Tom Antion
If you want to create some extra impact, don*t be afraid to present in
some odd postures. My friend Ron Culbertson starts his talk while standing
on a table. Another friend of mine Barbara Sanfilippo climbs a ladder
while on stage. Zig Zigler kneels. I do a signature story while sitting
on a chair and I have sprawled myself across a table to make a point.
I have seen speakers doing handstands, backflips, riding a bicycle and
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2. Advanced Presentation Skills Article
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MORE TELEPROMPTER INFO by Tom Antion
Why am I emphasizing this so much? Because distance learning is
becoming more and more popular. Savvy speakers will begin developing
advanced television skills now so that they are competent to deliver
polished videoconferences and also to deliver specific information as
spokespersons. You can multiply yourself and your income many times
by providing these services in addition to your live performances.
Take a look at the letter I got in response to the last TelePrompTer article:
"Thanks for your comments about TelePrompTers. I agree with you
completely. There is, however, another problem that you forgot to mention:
what happens when the system breaks or, as happened during Bill Clinton*s
State of the Union address a few years ago, someone puts in the wrong speech?
I worked as a television news reporter and producer before becoming a
speaker and media coach. Too many people--even in major markets--develop
"prompter stare." They focus on the individual words instead of the
underlying thoughts, which are sometimes lost. Equally disconcerting, they
often allow the prompter operator to control the pace and timing of their presentation. "
Lawrence Kutner, Ph.D.
Munsterberg 14
4051 Basel
Switzerland
To improve on videoconferencing and TelePrompTer skills, find out who
in your area gives TV & videoconferencing training. You can call the
closest actors guild or union (AFTRA or SAG) for referrals.
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3. HUMOR TECHNIQUE
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IMPROVISE YOUR FLIPCHART by Tom Antion
Oops! I broke my own rules and did not follow a checklist on my last
presentation. It was two minutes until start time and I realized there was
no flipchart in the room. Oh oh!. Better think fast. I was not using an
overhead projector either, so I could not simply write on a blank transparency.
Now one & 1/2 minutes left . . . . I thought, "Never let em see you sweat."
So, I went into the hall way to sweat. I saw a flipchart in use by the AirForce
folks who were in the next room. I borrowed one piece of flipchart paper
and went back into my room. Now one minute left. I put the paper on
the floor still not knowing what I would do with it.
So I hit the stage and begin the program. 30 minutes in it was the moment
of truth. I had a spare marker in my prop box. Ok so far. I had masking
tape too. . . . but the way the room was set there was no place to put the
piece of paper that would allow both sides of the room to see it.
I guess it was time to have some fun. I asked for three volunteers to BE
my flipchart. I qualified the request to include one person with a black
shirt (in case the marker leaked through the paper). This got a good laugh.
I had the person with the black shirt turn their back to the audience. The
other two helpers held the flipchart paper against blackshirt*s back. We
had a blast! The three volunteers were laughing. The audience was laughing.
Ad-libs were flying. The blackshirt person was getting tickled with the
point of the marker. And I still got the point across that I had planned all along.
OK I'll admit I messed up by not checking for the flipchart. However,
if you are willing and able to stay flexible in the face of the inevitable
challenges you will face as a fun presenter, adversity can turn positive very quickly.
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If you don*t get it by now, I pity you. More people find sites through
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5. SPEAKER HUMOR
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=> He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man
I ever met. . . .Abe Lincoln
=> The minute a man is convinced he is interesting . . .he isn't. . . .Stephen Leacock.
=> That man's silence is wonderful to listen to . . .Thomas Hardy
=> Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish,
and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
ROAST HUMOR ( ?=You fill in the name or appropriate words.)
=> Will Rogers said, "I never met a man I didn*t like." Will Rogers was
dead many years before our next speaker was born.
=> ? does the work of two men . . . Laurel and Hardy.
=> Some people believe that ? is the greatest ? that has ever worked
in this company . . . Of course, some people believe in the Easter Bunny.
=> We love ? like a pigeon loves a statue.
=> Nobody knows exactly who ? reports to. She says she has an
"unlisted" boss.
=> ? told me that he likes working for ? so much that he is going to
name his first ulcer after him.
=> ? is one of the most highly "suspected" people in the whole company.
=> ? spent her entire business career clawing her way to the bottom.
=> ? left his previous employer because of sickness. His boss got
sick of him.
=> They call it "take home pay" because that is the only place you
can go with it.
=> ?*s department is like a snowstorm . . . No two flakes are alike.
=> You can*t help but like ?. If you don*t she fires you.
=> Is ? insecure. No, but the people who work for him are.
=> ? believes in reincarnation. You ought to see the people in her
department come alive at 5:00.
=> At the start of her staff meeting ? told us, "say all your ideas and
suggestions now . . . before my Valium wears off."
=> In a company of workaholics, he*s been on the wagon for years.
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6. USEFUL WEBSITES
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http://travel.state.gov/crisis_abroad.html Reader & Health and
Safety Expert Dr. Allan Braslow recommends keeping this URL
handy when United States citizen colleagues and relatives travel
abroad. You might want to give it to your contacts at home when
you travel abroad. With all the natural disasters occurring around
the world and potential for terrorist acts, it never hurts to give the
people at home some tools to work with in case you cannot
communicate with them.
http://www.oneview.com Access your favorite bookmarks from
any computer anywhere with this handy free site.
http://isyndicate.com/ FREE content like news, sports and weather
and more for your website.
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7. TECH TIP FROM MIKE ROUNDS
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