5 Useful Public Speaking Tips by the Toastmasters International
“Check out five time-tested Toastmasters tips that will help you master a topic and present it well. Following these tips will ensure your next speech goes smoothly and your audience gets more from the experience.”
Here are the public speaking tips extracted from the video:
Know your subject and your speech.
Know your audience and your space.
Never apologize.
Imagine yourself giving a great speech.
Focus on your message, not on you.
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Tips for Impromptu Speaking by Toastmasters International
Have you ever attended a meeting or event where you were asked to fill in or take the place of another speaker? The following youtube video will help you whenever you are put on the spot to speak.
In the video, the speaker explains two simple techniques for handling impromptu speaking.
1. PREP which stands for Point Reason Example Point.
Prep is an excellent fit for business meetings, conference calls, and even interviews.
2. Pros and Cons or Positive and Negative Method
Pros vs cons work well in business meetings, conference calls, and everyday settings.
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1. Know your material.
2. Make it personal.
3. Practice makes permanent.
4. Time yourself.
5. Pace yourself.
6. Arrive early.
7. Relax.
8. Visualize your success.
9. Trust your audience.
10. Don’t apologize.
11. Use humor when things go wrong.
12. Gain experience.
13. Eliminate filler words.
14. Ditch distracting mannerisms.
15. Keep your notes in check.
16. Test your volume.
17. Enter contests.
18. Enjoy yourself.
19. Use visuals.
20. Embrace your unique style.
21. Fuel your mental engine.
22. Burn off anxiety.
23. Be prepared for the worst.
24. Pause.
25. Ask a thought-provoking question.
26. Share a startling fact.
27. Don’t overload your slides.
28. Repeat the audience’s questions.
29. Give your audience an immediate action item.
30. Push the envelope.
31. Seek opportunities everywhere.
32. Be specific.
33. Be the expert.
34. Speak to groups as individuals.
35. Learn about your personal leadership style.
36. Find your strengths.
37. Be passionate.
38. Have a positive attitude.
39. Practice impromptu speaking.
40. Encourage honest evaluation.
41. Use quotes, stories and anecdotes.
42. Use “you” and “we”.
43. Don’t take things personally.
44. Trust your instincts.
45. Distinguish your goals and targets.
46. Learn from your mistakes.
47. Know when to lose your script.
48. Know the dress code.
49. Use slang with caution.
50. Breathe out.
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51. Be patient.
52. Treat your speech like fine dining.
53. Start your career off on the right note.
54. Own your worth.
55. When you disagree with someone, rebut their ideas, not them.
56. Stand. Settle. Smile.
57. Speak your needs.
58. Get rest.
59. Avoid negative topics.
60. Smile and introduce yourself.
61. Practice eye contact.
62. Limit caffeine.
63. Don’t hide from your audience.
64. Use color.
65. Don’t alienate your audience.
66. Know your audience.
67. Avoid speaking in monotone.
68. Free your hands.
69. Be succinct.
70. Be open to evaluation.
71. Give evaluations.
72. Use blue note cards.
73. Join the online conversation.
74. Share the wealth.
75. Start your journey.
76. Accept accolades.
77. Step up.
78. Chat with ease.
79. Manage your time.
80. Make them laugh.
81. Speak your case.
82. Keep the peace.
83. PREP (Point, Reason, Example, Point).
84. Give a top-notch toast.
85. Tap into the past.
86. Use common language.
87. Don’t get lost in translation.
88. Take jokes for a test drive.
89. Use people’s names.
90. Keep a journal.
Since 1924 Toastmasters International has helped more than four million people gain the confidence to communicate. Join Toastmasters and find a club that you like to practise your speaking skills. You are welcome to visit our Kampong Ubi Toastmasters Club if you are living in Singapore.
Constructive feedback in a Toastmasters meeting contributes to continued skill development, building the confidence a person needs to reach his or her goals. Learn how to critique the performance, not the person.
Tips and Techniques for Effective Evaluation by Toastmasters International
In Toastmasters, feedback is called evaluation, and it is the heart of the Toastmasters
educational program. You observe the speeches of your fellow club members and offer evaluations of their speeches, and they do the same for you. If you want to improve your speaking skills, you must learn how to give and receive helpful evaluations.
Check out the article Evaluating Speeches Tactfully. It is a very good article about how to do evaluation effectively. Here is the introduction of the article.
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Evaluation is a systematic determination of a subject’s merit, worth and significance, using criteria governed by a set of standards. Source: Wikipedia.com
What Is Tact?
Tact is the ability to tell the truth in a way that considers other people’s feelings and reactions.
It allows you to give difficult feedback, communicate sensitive information, and say the right thing to preserve a relationship.
You have listened to and observed others and their work and offered feedback
You evaluate in some manner every day, at home, at the office, and in the community.
People join Toastmasters clubs to improve their speaking and leadership skills, and these skills are improved through evaluations.
Members prepare and present speeches based on Pathways
Their fellow club members evaluate the speeches or leadership efforts, enabling the members to develop their speaking or leadership skills.
The tone and content of an evaluation have great impact on the speaker and even on the club.
A harsh evaluation may cause a member to leave the club.
An overly kind evaluation may not help the member to improve, making the member frustrated and unhappy.
Good evaluators strive to find a balance between the extremes, giving evaluations that are helpful and encouraging.
Although most of the time you will be evaluating others in the club, the skills you learn can be applied in all aspects of your life. You will become a better listener and a more critical thinker…” Click hereto the other parts of the article.
Toastmasters – Giving An Evaluation That’s Worth A Darn
How to Give a Great Speech Evaluation in Toastmasters
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Learn How to Prepare a Speech from the 2014 Toastmasters International Word Champion of Public Speaking, Dananjaya Hettiarachchi.
Dananjaya certainly knows how to deliver a great speech.
Check out the below video for learning how he prepares for his award-winning presentations.
Here is the Summary for the Three Keys to a Great Speech:
1. Have a very concise message that the audience can remember as well as recall it. You should be able to write your message in 10 words or less.
2. Have an attention-grabbing opening. It is now the responsibility of the speaker to hold the audience’s attention. Tell an interesting story. Use an anecdote or ask a rhetorical. Or you could frame a problem that is relevant to the audience in the form of a story so that the audience knows as to why they should listen to your speech. Frame the central problem in that first 45 seconds.
3. End the speech in a “high”. A lot of speakers plateau and end in a “low”. When you are peaking, have a cold stop. This leaves the audience wanting more.
Since 1924 Toastmasters International has helped more than four million people gain the confidence to communicate. Join Toastmasters and find a club that you like to practise your speaking skills. You are welcome to visit our Kampong Ubi Toastmasters Club if you are living in Singapore.
Here are the Results of World Champions of Public Speaking 2015:
Congratulations to Mohammed Qahtani of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, District 79, on becoming the 2015 World Champion of Public Speaking for his speech, “The Power of Words.”
Congratulations to Aditya Maheswaran of Mumbai, India, District 41, on finishing in second place for his speech, “Scratch.”
Congratulations to Manoj Vasudevan of Singapore, District 80, on finishing in third place for his speech, “We Can Fix It.”
Practice is the key to helping you improve on your communication and presentation skills. Join Toastmasters and find a club that you like to practise your speeches in a friendly environments. You are welcome to visit our Kampong Ubi Toastmasters Club if you are living in Singapore.
P.S. World Champions of Public Speaking Winning Speeches Playlist
“World Champion Speaker Reveals his #1 Key to Overcoming Fear Eliminating the Negative Self-Talk, and & Delivering a Clear Message…Even If This is Your Very First Speech.”
“Check out five time-tested Toastmasters tips that will help you master a topic and present it well. Following these tips will ensure your next speech goes smoothly and your audience gets more from the experience.”
