Public Speaking skills

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Biggest Challenges in Public Speaking

 •  What to do with your hands?

•  Where to look?

       -  Have direct eye contact with an individual at a time.

       -  Speak to one individual at a time

       -  Shift to another individual somewhere else randomly

       -  NOT on the Floor, NOT at the ceiling, NOT in thin air

•  How to speak?

       -  USE SHORT SENTENCES AND WORDS YOU USE IN CONVERSATION

       -  Speak to one individual at a time

       -  Speak deliberately

       -  Talk loudly. Do not scream

       -  Do not speak while writing on Black Board. Face class and then speak.

       -  Never use an acquired accent

•  Sudden mental block- Forgot script – DON’T PANIC.

How to survive on stage (Survival Kit)

 •  Take a deep breath – smile - don’t show panic 

 •  Look at your notes boldly (Don’t hide the fact that you have forgotten your script) 

 •  Buy time by asking the audience for comments / questions 

 •  Giving your experience 

 •  Tell a story 

 •  Telling the class to give example

 Phobia of Public Speaking

•  What if I forget?

•  Pounding Heart Beat.

•  I have always been a shy person  - 40 years I have been that way – How can I change suddenly? I will change slowly

•  Escape this somehow – will do it next time

•  My English is bad – I  fumble – Think of PM Modi

•  I can speak to 2 or 3 people not to 200

•  I just cant do it this time.

 How to overcome

   •  1st thing – stop finding ways of escape 

   •  Positive self talk and visualization to get over fear (NLP) 

   •  Think of consequences

•Life time of anxiety.

•Respect in Life.

•Career – is at stake.

   •  It is a one day fight 

   •  Picture success 

   •  Jump into the pool with both feet – Don’t try to step in with one foot. 
   •  The first time on stage – 3 things will definitely happen:-

•Expect to be nervous.

•Expect to forget script

•Expect to Panic in the first 2 minutes

    •  Rewrite the script in your own language

    •  Use short sentences 

    •  Note down key points on a small card 

    •  Practice in front of a mirror - Practice, Practice, Practice----------- 

    •  Rehearse for first 2 minutes of at least 20 times.  Rest will follow. 

    •  Practice the survival kit and likely contingencies 

    •  When ever you get stuck or forget  - Pause and take a deep breath – summarize 

    •  Speak to one person in the audience at a time. 

    •  Connect with your audience 

    •  Pretend to be confident

DOs & DON’Ts

•  Master your subject – especially the first 2 minutes.

•  Never corner, joke about or embarrass a person.

•  Question from the audience -- Throw it back – ask 2 – compile

•  Never speak with your back to audience – pointing or writing.

•  Never read. Note important points – Highlight - likely to forget

•  Speak at your natural speed

•  Never apologize - Keep going -Don’t call attention to worst

•  Use visual aids

•  After you have finished your speech pause briefly, take a couple of steps back and then return to your seat slowly

•  Never wink and show the relief as if you have escaped.

•  Develop the ability to see yourself as the audience.

Common Faults

•  Insulting some one

•  Beating your own drums

•  Not simplifying and making it understandable

•  Manipulating the thought process

•  Too frequent use of the same expression or phrase

•  Voice Trailing Off

•  Looking Down, Panning, Looking at the roof

•  Mumbling

•  Reading

•  Not keeping everyone involved

•  Sitting Down

•  Filler Words

•  Overshooting Time Allotment 

•  Speaking too fast 

•  Shouting or too soft

 Communication Exercises

Exercise 1  Call out to a person 200m away.

Exercise 2  Announce (Shout) on Shop Floor " Factory closed due to heavy rains"

Exercise 3  Read out to your partner who will write facing away from each other.

Exercise 4  Give a Dictation to your partner standing 15 feet away.

Exercise 5  Dictation to whole class.

Exercise 6  Tell a bedtime story to your child.

Exercise 7  Read out your essay to the class.

Exercise 8  Prepare a lecture and deliver to one.

Exercise 9  Prepare lecture and deliver to class.

Exercise 10  Practice Group discussion.

Exercise 11  Extempore Lecture to class

Exercise 12  Motivational Lecture to your team.

Exercise 13  Survival on stage (Tricks) Ask Qs, Summarize with eg. (Extempore )

Exercise 14  Introduce and Present a topic for discussion to the class.

Exercise 15  Debate Prepared

Exercise 16  Debate Unprepared

Exercise 17   Conducting a brainstorming session for your team

Exercise 18  Role play on Negotiation Skills.

Exercise 19  Bullying a subordinate who is not co-operating with your team.

Exercise 20  Celebrating success of your team

Exercise 21  Suddenly Losing Temper.

Exercise 22  Cornering a subordinate.

Exercise 23  Threatening with job or termination.

Exercise 24  Organizing a seminar.

Exercise 25  Introducing a Speaker.

Exercise 26  Giving a farewell speech.

Exercise 27  Addressing your Department for the first time.

Exercise 28   Speak to Trade Union Leaders to pacify them

Exercise 29   Speak to Boss & convince him to start a new business.

Exercise 30   Conference call with 3 Departmental Heads.

Exercise  31   Panel Interview

   

 - Induction Speech

 - Speak on my family 

 - Speak any thing for 2 minutes in any language

             a)  Make announcement on shop floor.

             b)  Call out to a worker far away.

             c)  Drill Square Command

 - Read to the wall while partner writes on board.

- Write a speech and deliver it.

- Convey message by action/body language

- Convey moods by action.

- Group discussions.

- Interview.

- Multiple Choice Questions answering strategy

- Making a CV

- Teaching Techniques

- Debate Competition

- Brainstorming sessions - Organization

- Conducting a meeting.

- Conducting a game.

- Motivation lectures by Manager
- Addressing your team to pull up their socks and start performing failing which each will be  terminated
- Thank you 
- Condolence speech on some ones death
- Appreciation on a job well done
- Conflict Management and how to avoid conflict with other departments
- Proposal
- Visioning

- Apology 

- Company Profile / History

- Conducting a Quiz Competition.

- Speaking a trade union leaders.

- Organizing a party game.

- Delivering joke

- Singing a song to an audience

- Party Etiquette

- Attending Calls

- Soft skills

- Call Centro Training

- Dressing up

- Tennis

- Golf

- Bridge (card game)

- Rummy (card game)

- Cricket

- Important Personalities in Indian and World History

- National & International by Cultures

- Communication Theory

- Leadership Capsule

- Formal-Informal Communications

- Job Search techniques

- Formation of Clubs

- Organizing an event with checklist

- Students to make presentations in team and video taped.

- Organizing a Picnic

- Talent Exhibition

- Speaking only in English

- Reading Economic Times every day

- What I learned this week to be given

- My favorite subject

- Self Assessment Essay

- My Strength

- My Weakness

- My Ambition

- My Dreams

- Basic Computer knowledge 

- Using the Internet

- Using Outlook and PowerPoint

- Making Graphs

- Writing a Biz Plan will help of a template

- Using templates for everything

- Using MS Project 2003

- Basics of Project Management

- Evolving a Sales talk

- Introducing Speech

- Value System of your Company

- Leadership

- Empathy

- Team Building

- Biz games

- Basics of Project Marketing

- Organizing a Project Team

- Dealing with Foreign Delegation

- Dealing with Politicians and Ministers

- Tendering Process

- Basics of Stock _

- My experience in Industry

- HR Subjects

- Bribing and Biz Development

- Insurance 

- Housing & Loans

- How to find information 

- Attitudes of a winner

- Planning your career

- Planning your investments

- Indian Culture

- Building Organization Culture

BASIC RULES FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING

·         Don’t lecture ---Speak to people around you

·         Your eyes should move from eye to eye

·         But don’t get distracted

·         Speak deliberately

·         Speak slowly

·         Use language most familiar to you

·         No harm in mixing languages

·         Give examples

·         Ask Questions to the class, ask if understood, indicate 3 to 5 individuals, Help them answer, Help rephrase their answers, Compile over all view, add your inputs,

·         Have list of points

·         Don’t try to read out

·         How to handle a Question from the audience – throw back – ask opinion- encourage response and discussions – compile agreements, moderate discussions

·         Pointers

·         Bullet points & read them out, explain diagrams,

·         Give reason for conclusions

·         Never snub a person

·         Intervene in cross discussions

·         Allow only one person to talk

·         Hands and mannerisms

·         Avoid embarrassing  situations

Basic Role of a Teacher

• Remove fear.

• Generate inquisitiveness

• Remove  Inhibitions and barriers

• Motivate to excel

• Generate desire to learn

• Give confidence on his ability to learn

• Simplify to understand Help Retain knowledge.

• Ensure use knowledge in moral ways

• Help Apply in real life.

• Encourage further  research. Encourage to teach others.