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Great Speaking Vol. 3 Number 04
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GREAT SPEAKING
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Vol. 3 Number 4 - February 14, 2001
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IN THIS ISSUE
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1. Quick Presentation Skills Tip
2. Advanced Presentation Skills Article
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3. Humor Technique Series
4. Speaker Marketing Tip
5. Speaker Humor
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1. Quick Presentation Skills Tip
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5 Tips to Make 'em LOVE Ya by Tom is single Antion
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=> Thoroughly research the problems of the group and bring
immediately usable solutions. They can't help but like you when
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2. Advanced Presentation Skills Article
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Correction from v3n3 In Jim Gillespie's article on NLP "auditory
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It's a LOVE / HATE Thing by Tom Antion
Extremes of opinion make a much greater impact on an audience
than taking a middle of the road stance in an effort to please
everyone. I've done over 2000 paid presentations and more no fee
talks than I care to remember. The one big thing I have learned
over the years is that the people that try to please everyone,
rarely move anyone to action.
I'm not saying to go out and try to offend people. I'm saying to
take a stance and be clear about it. Here's an example: I have no
problem saying in most presentations that I "hate" politics. I
think to be good at politics by definition you have to be two
faced. To be great at politics you have to be four faced. You
simply can't win an important election by clearly being in favor
or against an issue because you have to please both sides as much
as you can to win.
You might ask, "Tom how would you keep from being stoned off the
platform at a political rally?" My answer would be that I can't
imagine being hard up enough to accept a speech at a political
rally. You have to be able to say no when the audience is on the
opposite side of the fence from your value system. . . Of course,
if the money was good enough . . . hahahahaha just kidding.
What if the mayor was at one of my events? I would make sure I
knew about it and just keep my mouth shut about politics. I would
consider it stepping over the line to make it a point to
embarrass or single out someone at an event. In most cases you
are better off avoiding controversial topics like politics
anyway.
OK I just talked about a topic to the negative. Now let's switch
to the positive. Audiences want to know what you really like. I
might say I "love" my new recumbent bicycle. Since Tom is
single I can get out on my bike and lose myself in the smell of
fresh cut fields on a deserted country road. I could go on and on
about how much I "love" my bike. I don't just say I enjoy
bicycling. I really let them know what I'm passionate about.
Use extremes of language and you will impact the audience much
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3. HUMOR TECHNIQUE
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Toasts
Toasting is not nearly as common as it once was. However, the
polished presenter should have a few short toasts ready to go if
and when the occasion arises. Here are a few fun toasts and a few
touching ones too:
Birthdays:
=> To your birthday, glass held high. Glad it's you that's older
not I.
=> Heres to you. No matter how old you are, you don't look it.
Christmas:
=> Twas the month after Christmas, and Santa had flit; Came there
tidings in the mail, which read: Please remit.
=> Here's to the Holly with its bright red berry. Here's to
Christmas, let's make it merry.
Meals:
=> Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you diet.
=> A full belly, a heavy purse, and a light heart.
Friendship:
=> Here's to a friend who knows me well and likes me anyway.
=> May the friends of our youth be the companions of our old age.
Banquet speech ending:
=> Good day, good health, good cheer, good night!
Health:
=> Here's to your health. You make age curious, time furious, and
all of us envious.
Luck:
=> As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters
never face the wrong way.
=> May your luck be like the capital of Ireland. Always Dublin.
New Year:
=> May all our troubles in the coming year be as short as our New
Year's resolutions.
=> In the year ahead may we treat our friends with kindness and
our enemies with generosity.
Marriage:
=> Marriage is an institution, but who wants to live in an
institution. --Groucho Marx
=> May for "better or worse" be far better than worse.
To close this section I would like to tell you that I feel like a
loaf of bread. Wherever I go, they toast me.
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CASE STUDIES by Tom Antion
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if I can do this, but I'm pretty sure he won't mind.
Mike attended Butt Camp when it first came out. He was excited
and confused as most people are when they finish the day. Mike
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I sat down with Mike at his computer and within about ten minutes
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store. I showed him how to optimize the pages for search engines
and he called me in about two weeks to tell me he had a number
one ranking in Altavista for one of his search terms.
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his subscriber base for his "Motivational Moment" Ezine. I also,
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after a month of working with the book Mike had his first Ebook.
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I didn't hear from Mike for awhile and then I heard from him one
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addition, he went on to locate and install an affiliate /
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5. SPEAKER HUMOR
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Love Notes:
=> When a newly married couple smiles, everyone knows
why. When a ten-year married couple smiles, everyone
wonders why.
=> My wife told me I should be more affectionate. So I
got two girlfriends.
=> The honeymoon is over when the husband calls home
to say he'll be late for dinner and the answering
machine says it is in the microwave.
=> Men who have pierced ears are better prepared for
marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry.
=> How do most men define marriage? A very expensive
way to get your laundry done.
=> Love is blind but marriage is an eye-opener.
=> The most effective way to remember your wife's
birthday is to forget it once.
=> Cosmetics: A woman's way of keeping a man from
reading between the lines.
=> Words to live by: Do not argue with a spouse who is
packing your parachute
=> Boring husband: Honey, why are you wearing your
wedding ring on the wrong finger? Bored wife: Because
I married the wrong man!
=> First Guy (proudly): "My wife's an angel!" Second
Guy: "You're lucky, mine's still alive."
=> Marriage is grand -- and divorce is at least 200
grand.
=> When a man opens the door of his car for his wife,
you can be sure of one thing: either the car is new or
the wife.
=> What is the thinnest book in the world? "What Men
Know About Women"
=> How can you tell if a man is happy? Who cares
=> A couple came upon a wishing well. The wife leaned
over, made a wish and threw in a penny. The husband
decided to make a wish, too but he leaned over too
much, fell into the well, and drowned. The wife was
stunned for a moment but then smiled, "It really
works!"
=> Two women friends meet on the street, but they
haven't seen each other for years. As they are talking
one women notices that her friend has a 5 carat
diamond ring, and says "My what a magnificent ring."
Her friend relies, "Yes, it is, but unfortunately it
comes with a curse. It comes with my husband!"
=> Before marriage, a man will lie awake all night
thinking about something you say. After marriage, he
will fall asleep before you finish.
=> A woman rushed home from work and exclaimed to her
husband, "Pack your bags, I've won the lottery!" The
husband excitedly asks, "Should I pack clothes for
cold or warm weather?" She says, "Pack'em all, you're
leaving!"
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