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Here at Ty Boyd Executive Learning Systems we meet some of the most interesting people. For instance, there's Paulo Goelzer, chief learning officer and VP- International Strategy for Independent Grocers Alliance (IGA). An old friend and a graduate of the Executive Speaking Institute, Paulo graced the cover of April's Chief Learning Officer Magazine and was profiled inside. Congratulations, Paulo.
And, Blair Delatte, who assisted in our office last summer, has been elected to deliver the commencement speech for the first graduating class of Johnson & Wales' Charlotte NC campus. Knock 'em dead, Blair. |
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Ty Boyd Executive Learning Systems changes lives by helping lifelong learners hone their natural communication tools.
We work primarily with people at Fortune 1000 companies in the areas of public speaking, presentations skills, personal improvement and leadership development. |
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Hello. Are you focused? Even if you aren't in your everyday life, you need to be when it comes to presentations. We'll talk about that this time and we'll have some specific suggestions on how to organize and focus your next presentation.
Greater Charlotte Biz Magazine has featured us in this month issue. See it here .
Now, let's get going. Ty Boyd
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Get Organized
Franklin D. Roosevelt had some good advice when it comes to giving a presentation: "Be sincere. Be brief. Be seated." He understood that sincerity forces you to talk about something you care about and brevity forces you to tightly focus your presentation.
Sitting through - or giving - a presentation that rambles its way through too much information can be painful. The best presenters are good editors. They eliminate the unnecessary, and they stick tightly to the topic at hand.
They also have a full command of their subject and they are able to call upon just the right pieces of information to take their audience on a mostly linear journey to a satisfying conclusion. They challenge both the right and left brain by offering balanced portions of facts and feelings.
In the final analysis it's about organization of three elements: opening, body and closing. Let's examine each.
First, develop a grabber opening. It could be a shocking statistic or a quote, but it should be relevant to the topic at hand. Its purpose is to focus everyone's attention on you.
From the opening, you slide into the meat of your presentation. Like liquid in a funnel, your initial comments are broad. As you move down the funnel, your comments become increasingly focused and specific.
You might want to do a quick recap and then finish with a power close that wraps up everything neatly. Leave the audience with something memorable, quotable or inspiring.
Now, be seated.
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Tell Them X 3
There are a number of methods to prepare a speech, but one of the best is what we call Tell Them X 3, sometimes referred to as Tell Them What You Are Going To Tell Them, Tell Them and Tell Them What You Told Them.
This is the Benedictine monk method, and though it may seem insulting to your audience as well as redundant, it has worked for them for hundreds of years!
One of the strengths of this method is that it forces you to tie together the three elements of your presentation: the opening, the body and the closing. This helps keep the extraneous fact from finding its way in.
So, you open with a grabber, and then preview what is coming. You sort of whet their appetite here.
Then, you move into the body of the presentation, where you will spend the most time talking. It's not a bad idea here to tell them how long you plan to speak so that they don't have to guess. Take them on a journey, laying fact upon fact, and build up to the conclusion.
Finally, you wrap it all up in a neat bundle by telling them what you told them.
Using the Tell Them X 3 Method helps you organize your thoughts and deliver a concise, simple to understand presentation. |
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