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Public Speaking

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Brainstorm every topic you want to cover in your speech.

Brainstorm Your Topics Play

Decide what key points your presentation will cover.

How Many Points Should Your Presentation Cover? locked

Plan what you want the key takeaway of your speech to be.

What is Your Water Cooler Message? locked

Tell the audience how your speech will benefit them.

Benefits for Your Audience locked

Avoid the most common mistakes people make in writing a speech.

Writing a Speech locked

Use relevant examples to illustrate your points.

Magical Phrase for Every Speech locked

Become a better speaker by rehearsing your presentation on video.

Time to Rehearse Your Presentation locked

The goal of a PowerPoint presentation is the same as any presentation - to deliver a memorable message to the audience.

There is No Such Thing as a PowerPoint Presentation locked

Best practices for how many points, slides and images to use in a PowerPoint presentation.

PowerPoint Slide Rules locked

Make your presentation easier to follow by reducing the amount of text used in your slides.

Use Two Separate PowerPoints locked

Best practices for using animations and special effects in a presentation.

Animation, Video and Special Effects locked

How and why to black out your screen during a PowerPoint presentation.

B is for Black locked

Become a better speaker by rehearsing your PowerPoint presentation on video.

Time to Rehearse Your PowerPoint Presentation locked

The reasons people feel nervous about public speaking and how to reduce your nerves.

How to Eliminate Nervousness locked

Why your voice sounds different in a recording and how to overcome a complex about how you sound.

What to Do if You Don't Like Your Voice locked

How to increase your confidence when speaking in front of an audience.

How to Speak with Confidence locked

Best practices and techniques for how to effectively start a speech.

How to Start a Speech locked

Best practices and techniques for how to pace and end a speech.

How to Pace and Close a Speech locked

How to work with time limits and time reductions.

How Long Should Your Speech Be? locked

Caveats of telling the audience the same message repeatedly in a linear fashion.

'Tell Them What You are Going to Tell Them' Approach locked

How to make the audience and yourself feel comfortable during a presentation.

How to Put Your Audience at Ease locked

Best practices for choosing messages tailored to the audience.

How to Choose Memorable Messages locked

Benefits and best practices of using humor in a speech.

How to Use Humor in a Speech locked

Most effective methods for rehearsing your speech to get results.

How Should You Rehearse Your Speech? locked

How to manage time when preparing, rehearsing and giving your presentation.

How to Manage Time locked

What you should do to stay cool, calm and collected during a memory lapse.

How to Recover from a Memory Lapse Play

How to manage an inattentive or disruptive audience member.

How to Manage Challenges from the Audience locked

How to remember what to say without reading your speech word for word.

How to Remember What to Say locked

How observing and critiquing other public speakers can help you improve your speaking skills.

Learn by Critiquing Others locked

Become a better speaker by rehearsing your presentation on video.

Time to Rehearse Your Presentation Again locked

How to tell stories that make your speeches interesting and memorable.

Stories Make Great Speeches locked

How to describe the setting of your story to capture the audience's imagination and memory.

Story Settings Play

How to use dialogue and conflict to make your story more effective.

Essential Story Elements: Dialogue and Conflict locked

How to relive a story so that the audience can visualize and remember your messages.

Don't Tell Stories, Relive Them locked

Become a better speaker by rehearsing your presentation on video.

Time to Rehearse Your Story locked

Key takeaways for continuous improvement in public speaking.

Conclusion locked

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