Moving on...

Fellow speaker,

Use "pulling" transitions to "pull" the audience to the next subject:

• Bridging words (e.g., first, also, next, finally, etc.)
• Silence - let the audience think about the last subject in silence before moving on
• Gestures/body movement - physically "act out" the transition (e.g., move to a different space on the stage when moving onto another point)
• Internal summaries - briefly review the previous points before going onto talk about new points

In transition,

Tim

You must remember this...

Fellow speaker,

To create a memorable speech message for your audience:

• Keep it short - less than 10 seconds
• Use simple language
• Target your message - direct your message to your audience

Targeted,

Tim

Boss man

Fellow speaker,

To speak with authority:

• Use credible external sources that people believe to be fair, knowledgeable, or both
• Be a credible through your reputation
• Care about your subject matter

Authoritatively,

Tim

Elementary, my dear Watson

Fellow speaker,

Use logical arguments with clear, fair reasoning, using different arguments to make the same point, and have fact-based reasoning.

Really really,

Tim

Work out

Fellow speaker,

To create workable solutions to problems keep your solutions:

1. Actionable - people can do something about them
2. Personal
3. Immediate

Solution-focused,

Tim

A personal cause

Fellow speaker,

To identify causes of a problem:

1. Connect the causes to the problem
2. Be sensitive about the causes of the problem - find a common ground for the causes to limit the audience's touchiness about the problem
3. Make the causes personal and relevant to the audience

Identifying,

Tim

What's the problem?

Fellow speaker,

To identify problems to your audience:

1. Set boundaries for the problem so it is something that can be managed
2. Underline the general importance and urgent nature of the problem
3. Show why the problem is significant to your audience

Identifying,

Tim

Taking persuasive steps

Fellow speaker,

To speak persuasively:

1. Isolate the problem
2. Identify the causes of the problem
3. Formulate a workable solution
4. Speak logically
5. Speak to the heart
6. Speak from authority
7. Overcome disagreements

Stepping out,

Tim

Closing up

Fellow speaker,

Create a powerful, persuasive closing to your speech:

• Tell them what you will do
• Have a call to action
• Ask your audience to take an oath
• Lead them (audience participation)
• Give them the tools to take the next step
• Get them to write it down

Closing time,

Tim

What's a meta-phor?

Fellow speaker,

To make sure you use the right metaphors for your audience, ask yourself:

1. List the points you know your audience will resist
2. List what you know about this audience
3. Think of a metaphor that will be most useful in getting past the audience's resistance
4. Link the metaphor to your message point

Keep the metaphor simple and easy to understand. Use metaphors that surprise, bring up images, and appeal to the audience's emotions.

Metaphorically,

Tim

Have it your way

Fellow speaker,

Make your audience believe your idea is in their best interests and they will start owning that idea for themselves.

Owning it,

Tim

Making metaphors

Fellow speaker,

Use metaphors to help persuade your audience:

1. Make a list of key points in your speech message
2. Create a story about a seemingly unrelated subject
3. Relate the points in your story to the key elements in your speech message

Relating the unrelated,

Tim

You are getting very sleepy...

Fellow speaker,

Certain phrases get directly in touch with the imaginative, emotional mind of your audience.  Use these phrases effectively to get across your speech's point:

1. Make a list of your audience's needs and the benefits they will get from what you are talking about in your speech
2. Put the list into chronological order that follow along with the audience's experiences (i.e., first comes the desire, then a frustration of that desire, and then a solution that overcomes the frustration)
3. Restate this chronological list using hypnotic phrases such as, "Have you ever...?", "Think of a time when...", "Imagine what it would be like if...", "I bet that feels", etc.

Persuasively,

Tim

Future world

Fellow speaker,

To persuade your audience paint a picture of their future:

1. Decide what are the main benefits are to the audience of accepting your idea
2. Write down these benefits
3. Create a word-picture that shows how these benefits would work in a perfect, future world
4. Put this word-picture into your speech before describing the details of your idea

Step by step,

Tim

Go deep

Fellow speaker,

To create an interesting presentation:

• Dig deeper into the subject - find out something new or unusual to say about the subject
• Tie the subject to a major current event - make the subject fit the current issues
• Use unusual statistics or interesting stories about the subject
• Take a point of view on the subject that not everyone will agree with
• Keep the presentation simple and easily understandable
• Create a short, easy to understand message that sums up your talk

Looking from a different point of view,

Tim

Opening the closing

Fellow speaker,

Creating an opening and a closing to your speech using:

• Thought-provoking statement
• Startling statistic
• Emotionally appealing short story
• Open-ended question (a question which can't be answered "yes" or "no")
• Comparing and contrasting

Openly closed,

Tim

Hello and goodbye

Fellow speaker,

Tips for handling your introduction and conclusion:

• Carefully plan
• Use the same words and topic in both
• Only offer dictionary definitions if they add meaning to the speech
• Speak plainly without jargon

Beginning the ending,

Tim

What's your point?

Fellow speaker,

Practice being clear on your point:

• Take a position - take a clear position and defend that position
• Use the 8-second method - start with a three-minute statement of your point, then cut it to two, to one, to 30 seconds, and finally to 8 seconds
• Ask yourself "So what?" while you give your speech
• Focus on your audience's interests
• Write down the point of your speech in one sentence

Pointedly,

Tim

You agree with me, right?

Fellow speaker,

To persuade your audience:

• Aim at a narrow target - keep your discussion focused on your point
• Tell a story - tell the audience about something that gets at the feeling you want to get across
• Quote - make your point by quoting what someone else said
• Use the rule of three - make two true points and follow that up with a third reasonable statement you want the other person to believe

Persuasively,

Tim

Tips for TV

Fellow speaker,

When doing a video interview on television (or on video camera):

• Do some exercises before going before the camera
• Tell stories to get your message across
• Expect the unexpected

On the air,

Tim

Stay focused

Fellow speaker,

When doing a video interview:

• Turn your cellphone and page off
• Remove coins from pockets
• Don't hold a pen
• Ask technician to turn off your video monitor (if on television)
• Fit the microphones to you before going onstage
• Stay away from swiveling or rocking chairs

Focusing in,

Tim

Body of the speech

Fellow speaker,

When giving a videoed interview, be aware of your body:

• Lean forward about 20 degrees
• Don't let your back touch the chair
• Keep your feet flat on the floor
• Square your shoulders

Bodily,

Tim

Dress for success

Fellow speaker,

When you are giving a videoed interview:

• Dress conservatively
• Wear solid colors
• Have a back up outfit
• Don't wear a hat
• Men: hair combed neatly, clean shaven
• Women: hair pulled back off face, light make-up
• Wear contacts, not glasses (if possible)

Dressed,

Tim

Air time

Fellow speaker,

Here are some tips for when you are giving a video interview:

• Focus on the interviewer, not the camera
• Use pancake makeup to eliminate glare from lights
• Answer questions you are asked but then work your way back ("bridge) to your main points
• Repeat your main points at the end of the interview
• Practice with a home video camera before doing the interview and get your friends' feedback on how you did

Videographally,

Tim

Stepping the story

Fellow speaker,

Your story:

1. Sets the scene - Introduce the characters
2. Takes the journey – Begin – Encounter the conflict – Overcome the conflict – Resolve the story
3. Makes the point - Ask a question – Repeat the point

Many storied,

Tim

Humor type

Fellow speaker,

There are many different types of humor you can use to develop comedy in your presentation:

• Strange situations - describe strange things that happen to you or strange behavior of people around you
• Compare/contrast - create an unusual, unexpected connection between two familiar things
• Exaggeration - expand on the strangeness of a story, putting in as many details as possible
• Family - talk about the strange things your family does
• Stranger in a strange land - describe how different things are here from where you came from

Typing,

Tim

Why is that there?

Fellow speaker,

Include necessary information on your slides. If you have put something on your slide that doesn't give any useful information to the audience, take it off the slide.

Usefully,

Tim

What's that say?

Fellow speaker,

Keep your font sizes very big so people can easily see them from wherever they are in the room. Use 18 point fonts or larger in your slides.

Bigly,

Tim

What's that mean?

Fellow speaker,

Avoid the use of business acronyms (short forms of longer words that are only known to those in the business) if you are speaking to people outside of that business.  If you use business acronyms to an audience who doesn't know that business, spell out what you are saying and make sure to explain the acronym before using it.

Explaining,

Tim

Right word at the right time

Fellow speaker,

Make your words as simple and easy to understand as possible: only use "big words" if there are no other words you can use to describe what you are trying to say.

Small-ly,

Tim

Only if necessary

Fellow speaker,

Keep words on slides to as few as possible: use the "when in doubt, throw it out" rule when creating your slides.

Fewly,

Tim