Fred E. Miller - No Sweat Public Speaking! How to Develop, Practice and Deliver a Knock Your Socks Off! Presentation with No Sweat!

NO SWEAT

PUBLIC

SPEAKING!

How to Develop, Practice, and Deliver a

Knock Your Socks Off Presentation!

with No Sweat!

FRED E. MILLER

Illustrated by David Zamudio

No Sweat Public Speaking! How to Develop, Practice and Deliver a Knock Your Socks Off Presentation! With No Sweat!

Published by Fred Co., St. Louis, MO.

Copyright 2011 by Fred E. Miller. All rights reserved.

Permission to reproduce or transmit in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, must be obtained in writing by the author, Fred E. Miller.

To order additional copies of this title, contact your local bookstore or go to nosweatpublicspeaking.com.

The author may be contacted thru his website nosweatpublicspeaking.com.

Cover Design by Sarah Barrie, Business Couture, www.bizcouture.com.

Illustrations by David Zamudio, Zamudio Art Studios, www.zamudiosartstudio.com.

Printed in the United States of America.

First Printing, 2011.

ISBN-13: 978-0-9843967-0-2

Library of Congress Control Number: 2011921744

1. Public Speaking 2. Presentations 3. Business

Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Foreword 11

My Goal/Your Goal: For the Audience to GET IT! 15

To Help You GET IT! Ive Included Mind Mapping 17

Graphics and Illustrations Help GET IT! 27

Introduction - No Sweat Public Speaking! 29

Before Getting Started 39

The Components, Parts and Elements of a Speech 41

No Sweat Public Speaking! Content Formula 45

Content 49

The Title 49

The Introduction 52

The Opening 63

The Body 72

The Conclusion 88

Delivery 97

Nonverbal Communication 99

Verbal Communication 124

Thats the No Sweat Public Speaking! Formula 139

Practice Your Speech 141

Deliver Your Speech 151

Tips to Help the Audience GET IT! 155

The Law of Primacy and Recency 155

Repeat - Repeat - Repeat 158

Do Something Unusual 159

Additional Speaking/Presentation Tips 161

Visuals 161

PowerPoint and Projected Media 161

Props 166

Buzz Words 171

Handouts 173

Humor 175

Dry Mouth 177

Before Speaking... 179

Read, Listen To, and Watch Videos of Great Speeches 179

Be Certain the Audience is GETTING IT! 180

Join Toastmasters 183

Speech Competition 188

Filler Words 190

Connect with Your Audience Emotionally 191

The Rule of Three 194

The Parenthetical Statement 195

Speak Conversationally 196

The Show Before the Show 197

Continually Hit the Refresh Button 199

Brand Yourself with a Signature Closing 200

Timing 202

Customize 204

Deliver a Quotable Quote 206

Answering Questions 210

21 Tips for Reducing the Fear of Public Speaking 215

Check Out This Presenters Check List! 225

Quotes on Public Speaking & Presentations 231

Conclusion 237

Bonus Offer 241

Smile Train 243

Suggested Further Readings 245

About the Author 247

About the Illustrator 249

About the Designer 249

Acknowledgements

The ability to deliver speeches and make presentations is a skill that is learned.

We are not born with expertise to do this. I guarantee I wasnt!

We must learn how to:

Learning all this does not happen quickly. It is a process.

While much of it is self study and observation, I would not have the knowledge and competence I have today were it not for great advice and encouragement from many.

Toastmasters is the organization I must first acknowledge. Their structured, progressive program for learning the fundamentals of Public Speaking was extremely helpful. I was fortunate to find a club that was a good fit for me. For many years I attended Tarsus Toastmasters in Clayton, Missouri. Its been quite a while since I was present at a meeting, but many memories and friendships remain. Im sure Ill miss a few names, but want to mention: Sabine Robinson, Jim Salih, Sharon Winstein, John Stuckey, Paul Dugo, Paul Lore, Kapano Allmon, Norbert and Helmi Mason, Nancy Higgins, Richard McCollum, Mitch Markow, Donna Raedake, Nick Greles, David Cotton, Bruce Lucas, Wanda Gordon, Glenn Knudson, Bobbi Linkemer, Dave Moore, Shannon Whitaker, and Don Meldrum.

My wife, Beverly, has heard (should I say, endured) more of my presentations than a human should be subjected to. (Some of them while trapped in a car speeding down a highway.) Her encouragement and suggestions helped me work and rework presentations that were not ready for prime time. Being an educator, and teaching Pubic Speaking to her students, was a great benefit to me. I am indebted to her!

I owe special thanks to two great friends, Jennifer Tobias and Russ Henneberry. Each has been beyond generous in giving me their time and expert help. Both have been mentors to me in the writing and production of this book and the website, www.nosweatpublicspeaking.com. Without their advice and encouragement, this project might never have been completed. Jennifer also did final editing for me which was sorely needed after I made numerous additions and changes.

A thanks for encouragement also goes to Joe High, Dale Furtwengler, Mike Rohan, David Zamudio, Dan Dobinsky, Cathy Sexton, Tom Terrific, Fred Firestone, Monroe Smith, Tom Ruwitch, Steve Barcellona, Michael Bitter, and Ron Amen.

Mary Menke, one of my editors, put up with my procrastination, repetition, and skilled butchering of the English language. She gets a big, Thank You! for a job well done.

Sarah Barrie, Business Couture, www.bizcouture.com, designed the book cover, back cover and did the layout work. She is professional, easy to work with, and provided much needed expert advice and support.

Finally, I owe much to the many speakers who:

If it were not for having done many of these things myself, multiple times, and seeing so many others do the same, I might not have written this book.

It pains me that I didnt know better. Many others dont know how to present their ideas.

I know there are tens of thousands of presentations , with great content for target audiences that were delivered in a way that made it almost impossible for the audience to understand and process the message. The reason for this unfortunate fact is that the speaker didnt possess the presentation skills necessary to convey their message. Its frustrating to the audience and the presenter.

I believe there are thousands of presentation s, with superb content that would benefit specific audiences, yet have never been presented . Theyve never been delivered because of the Fear of Public Speaking. This is unfortunate. Their great information is never disseminated and a persons career is often held back because of this fear.