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Rehearsing Your Talk Record listen to every talk at least twice! Record: Best : PowerPoint features. OK : Tape recorder. Must do sometime : Video Ask experienced speaker to critique. Improve: Style, logic, timing per slide. Get the Timing Right! Running out of time is a disaster. Write how much time should remain on each slide. After you’re more experienced…. No longer necessary to record. Every new talk still must be rehearsed. Bring notes if you aren’t confident. Just Before the Talk…. Prepare something matching the occasion. Make sure you’re not too tired: Get enough sleep the previous night. Drink 3 cups of coffee! What You’ll Learn Today: Communication skills Preparing the Talk Delivering the Talk Handling QA 21 secrets to becoming a good speaker. Delivering the Talk Overcoming language barrier. Overcoming nervousness. Art of Good Opening ending. Humor Audience participation Overcoming Language Barrier Perfect English not necessary. Know your limitations. Don’t use fancy words, complex sentences. Don’t take any chance of looking silly. OK to bring cheat notes! Outline Script Always make an outline. PowerPoint notes; Word Outline. Don’t have to use it. It may be best to READ a speech. No excuse not to be fluent! (practice!) Don’t stare at paper. (Memorize it if you’re prefer). Overcoming Nervousness “Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.” -- Ralph Waldo Emerson Hiding Nervousness It is possible to hide nervousness! Don’t let the shaking show! Make a fist; hold the lectern. Speak loudly. Take a deep breath. Look at a friendly face. Look above people’s heads. Art of Good Opening Ending Opening Say something relevant to the occasion. Need to research background before the talk. Ending “If you remember only one thing from this talk, then you should remember XXX”. Humor Good humor: Respectful. Relevant (better yet: original). Short. Plan your jokes: Remember what worked. Use it again! Humor How to tell a joke? Set up (people should kn