Tips For Public SpeakingHOW TO ENTERTAIN THE

AUDIENCE FROM THE STAGE

ByZAINI ABDUL WAHAB

2014

Sharing my personal experiences and style when taking the stage

myself…

Mistakes to avoid Starting with a whimper –

should start with something powerful that will get the attention immediately.

Attempting to imitate other speakers

Failing to “work” the room

Failing to use relaxation techniques

Reading a speech word for word

Using someone else’s stories

Speaking without passion

Ending a speech with questions and answers

Failing to prepare

Failing to recognize that speaking is an acquired skillRob Sherman, an attorney and

public speaker in Columbus, Ohio, says in an article in the Toastmaster magazine

THINK LIKE A GREAT ENGINEER…

PRESENT LIKE A GREAT SALES MAN!

The flow on the stage

The Start• Preparing• Introducing

The Talk• Presenting• Body Languages -

movement, face & hand

• Positioning on stage

The End• Concluding• Closing

BEFORE YOU START TALKING

Get ready!

Make yourself comfortable

Don’t rush to start!

Put on and check you presentation tools/microphoneMake sure it works!Ask for assistance from the organizer

Show the audience that you are ready. Get into position, look at them and start to make an eye contact!

Take the right spot to start - ask “permission” from the audience and walk gently if you need to leave the rostrum

TO START YOU WILL…

Greet the MC and fellow speakers

Get into position, stand firm and introduce yourself

Introduce briefly who you are and your topic by referring the first page your presentation aids(Power points/Videos)

Stress the importance of the topic and its key points!

“Invite” the audience to be “with” you throughout your session

Show some inviting gestures with you hands and face expressions

THEN, START TO “ENTERTAIN” THE AUDIENCE!

Body movements

Face expressions

Hand gestures

Positioning on stage

Appreciate their presence that making you excited to be there

You are here not to tell or teach but to share some knowledge and experiences

Need their attention/opinions and not their acceptance

Create two-way communications or tell them a story and not expecting the audience to just listening to you

Show some face expressions and gestures that will keep their eyes on you at suitable key points

When you want to stress or your feeling about something that you’re sharing with the audience

Synchronizing the intentions, face expressions and hand gestures

I don’t know too!

We need to do

something!

I wish I know the answer…

Let’s figure

this out together

…

Another ways of face expressions and hand gestures

We need to pursue this

agenda

You must play your

roles too!

I speak based on my own

experience

Some ways to stress or express your key points

This is how…

Let’s walk

thru this

Please share with me how do you feel…

Face expressions and hand gestures to explain from conceptual ideas to details

Look at the big picture How this

will affect you

This is exactly where you need

to pay

Expressions and body language that indicate you meant your words and this is real! (in a calm way)

Hand gestures when sharing what is in your mind or your thoughts about something related to the topic

“They must do something or this is a very serious matter!”

Show you openness and intention to have a friendly session with the audience

Different types of face expressions with hand gestures

“Telling a story” with body movements together with face expressions and hand gestures

Adding “conversation" with the audience through different eye contacts, hand gestures and body languages

POSITION YOURSELF ON THE STAGE

Use the space available for some movements to connect the audience with you thru some hand gestures and presentation aids

Be at the spots where all eyes can focus on you

Will require some movements to maintain eye contacts with the audience

Movements that will keep your audience focusing on you

Move around to keep the audience’s eyes on you

Be dynamic and synchronized with presentation aids used at the screen

Be at suitable spots and distance when interacting with the audience

INTERACT WITH YOUR AUDIENCE

Keep inviting the audience to think about your key points!

Throw some questions and invite the audience to answer

Create “arguments” on relevant issues to the topic to get the attention to your key points

Go/walk to the audience, invite and tell them how to respond to you-request to raise their hands

Spots for your positions and some hand gestures

CLOSING THE SESSION

Summarize your session and make a short and concise conclusion!

Thank the audienceTell them how much you appreciate their presence and responses throughout the session

Say your final personal message and leave it to the audience to ponder

I do hope together we can pursue this agenda and

now it’s up to each of you on WHAT’S NEXT?

Walk gently and return to the spot where you started

THANK YOU!zainiabdulwahab@yahoo.com