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Mike
Carruthers:
When
you speak in front of a group, how you begin your talk can determine
how well the whole thing goes. So, what's the best way to begin?
Jeanette Henderson:
Probably the most useful is the historical approach.
It's the four score and seven years ago approach. It's put everybody
at a point in history where we're all on the same page.
Jeanette Henderson,
author of the book There's
no Such Thing as Public Speaking…
You're talking
about, say a business, you talk about the corporate beginnings
- the beginnings of whatever project you're working on. You
see it's a perfect lead-in to here's where we were, here's where
we are, here's where we need to go - which is a very inspirational
way of doing it.
Starting a talk
with a quote is another good way to begin.
Because it gets
everybody on the same page, because they have to agree so and
so said such and such and so that's a yes. The point of every
opening statement is that it has to be an irrefutable statement
where everyone can agree.
Jeanette says
professional speakers almost never use index cards.
It looks very
amateur, very unprofessional. What we always recommend is that
you have a binder, like a one inch three-ring binder. And you
put your either scripts or notes in there, so that when you
walk up to that lectern, even if you never look at it, you gave
the impression that you were a leader. That you came in prepared,
that what you are saying is important enough for you to want
to make sure that you get it right.
Tomorrow, how
to make eye contact so everyone thinks you're looking at them
- I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.
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