Speak Powerfully... coaching session 7

This new 7 minute coaching session quickly reviews seven techniques to boost your confidence and professionalism when making that business speech or presentation.

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Speak Powerfully... coaching session 6

Humor is your weapon to win attention, humor is your tool to stand out, humor is your winning edge. For those who need a less aggressive metaphor, humor is the icing on the cake that makes your message attractive and a pleasure to consume. 

This new 7 minute coaching session quickly reviews seven actions you can take to add humor to your business speech or presentation.

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A baker’s dozen “saver lines” (thanks to Art Fettig, Herb True, Robert Orben, and David Glickman)

• that was hilarious on paper
• oh good, I was looking for a quiet place to rehearse
• here’s another one you won’t like
• I know you’re out there...I can hear you breathing
• when you guys get quiet, you don’t mess around
• that’s OK...I can wait
• it says here ‘pause for laughter’
• this is what’s known as a mid-laugh crisis
• ah, I’ve discovered the silent majority
• so much for comic relief
• smiling doesn’t count folks...you have to laugh out loud
• I hear dead people
• I’m touched by your enthusiasm

Speak Powerfully... coaching session 5

A speech is like a dance, with the speaker and audience as dance partners. Sometimes leading, sometimes following, effective speakers engage - dance with - their audiences. Engagement both takes energy and builds energy.

This 7 minute coaching session outlines seven ways that you can maintain and increase the engagement and energy of your audience while making your presentation.

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Speak Powerfully... coaching session 4

A speech is like a dance, with the speaker and audience as dance partners. Sometimes leading, sometimes following, effective speakers engage - dance with - their audiences. Engagement both takes energy and builds energy.

This 7 minute coaching session outlines seven ways that you can maintain and increase the engagement and energy of your audience while making your presentation.

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7 Ideas Coach is a weekly series of coaching sessions,
7 nuggets of insight in 7 minutes for busy leaders

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Speak Powerfully... coaching session 3

How you start your presentation or speech sets the audiences expectation. If you begin with a strong opening, end with a powerful close, and have relevant material in the middle, listeners will forget and forgive any parts that are uninteresting or less than well done. They will perceive the entire presentation positively as a whole.

This 7 minute coaching session covers the essentials of crafting a powerful opening, and includes seven different ways to do it.

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Speak Powerfully... coaching session 2

If you want to stand out and be heard, then you need to make sure your speech or presentation is organized so it can be followed by the listener. The following are seven things you would do well to pay attention to...

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Speak Powerfully... coaching session 1

Poor speaking is so tolerated as normal for business that perhaps no other skill gives as quick a payback for effort as learning to speak with clarity, brevity and energy. Small and basic improvements in speaking in front of others will typically elevate one well above the crowd. Plus effective speaking is one of the best tools for cultivating influence.

Acquiring the skills to improve speaking is not actually difficult to do, but takes time, practice and discipline. The following are a seven key practices to develop speaking mechanics and delivery.

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PDF Checklist of 7 Essential Elements of Speaking Delivery

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