Presentation composition

Fellow speaker,

Speech coach Jeremy Donovan suggests when creating your slide presentation you spend the first few slides on giving the background then answer the questions in your audience's mind:

• How?
• Why?
• So what?

Structuring,

Tim Wilson
Professional Speech Coach
Free speaking tips at: http://speakingquicktips.blogspot.com

To present or not to present

Fellow speaker,

Speech coach Jeremy Donovan suggests there are times for you to use presentation software in your speech and times for you not to use presentation software, depending on the purpose of your speech:

• Inspire - no presentation software
• Document firsthand images - use the actual images (not internet-chosen substitutes) and presentation software
• Inform or persuade - use presentation software as necessary to get your points across (e.g., if you want to inform your audience about your data, use some form of a graph)

About presenting,

Tim Wilson
Professional Speech Coach
Free speaking tips at: http://speakingquicktips.blogspot.com

One prop, many meanings

Fellow speaker,

Speech coach Jeremy Donovan suggests you can use one prop to have multiple meanings in your speech. For example, World Champion Speaker Randy Harvey gave a speech where a chair became over the course of a speech, a car, another car, a rock, a couch, and his mom.

Giving props,

Tim Wilson
Professional Speech Coach
Free speaking tips at: http://speakingquicktips.blogspot.com

Use the AVP!

Fellow speaker,

Professional Comedian Robert Kleiner suggests you focus on AVP in your speeches:

• Authentic
• Vulnerable
• Passionate

AVPing,

Tim Wilson
Professional Speech Coach
Free speaking tips at: http://speakingquicktips.blogspot.com