{"id":141,"date":"2012-08-08T19:43:25","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T19:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dave0.nfshost.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2012\/08\/08\/public-speaking-advice-from-my-betters\/"},"modified":"2012-08-08T19:43:25","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T19:43:25","slug":"public-speaking-advice-from-my-betters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2012\/08\/public-speaking-advice-from-my-betters\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Speaking Advice from My Betters"},"content":{"rendered":"

I offer this (embedded below, from here: A Show with Ze Frank: How to Public Speaking<\/a>) as a sort of corollary to what I wrote here<\/a> (about the Worst Speech I Ever Gave). Ze’s method isn’t 100 percent my method, but we have a lot in common (specifically the edict to practice start-to-finish in a room alone, without stopping and starting or giving yourself redos)–and those were exactly the things I *didn’t* do in prepping for the Worst Speech Ever. Lived; learned.
\nMy one addition to what Ze suggests here is this: As much as possible, avoid Giving a Speech, and instead Have a Conversation. By its nature, this is going to be a one sided conversation–because only one person in the room has a mic–but that’s OK; we’ve each been guilty of holding the floor past our turn. The trick is to talk to the people, not the mic: make eye contact, say specific sentences to specific people, try to LOL a specific guy. Just talk.
\nSo, lessons learned–and shared with you! Enjoy!
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