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YOU CAN CONQUER YOUR FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING THROUGH TOASTMASTERS

"According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy." - Jerry Seinfeld
 
Toastmasters is an international not-for-profit organisation in over 106 countries in the world. It works through a self-development programme, and through the feedback of fellow club members. Members learn valuable public speaking, and communication and leadership skills, which are also essential business and community skills.

So, you are already a good public speaker and you are not afraid of getting up in front of an audience, right?

Did you know things like the:

20 Lessons from Patricia Fripp

Patricia Fripp came to town last night!  What a treat!  I learned a lot from her 2.5 hour presentation.  Here are some of the highlights:

  1. Dialogue is key to making stories come alive.
  2. Having a good I/You ratio is an excellent technique for connecting with the audience.
  3. Your dialogue does not have to come from people.
  4. You must record your presentations AND watch them.
  5. We need to fall in love with our own content.
  6. Have someone else transcribe your speeches if possible.
  7. Move with purpose using movement specific phrases.
  8. Stand still at the start of your presentation.
  9. You can connect intellectually or emotionally.
  10. If you don’t know what questions your audience has, you don’t know your audience.
  11. Storytelling for speeches also works for blogs.
  12. Lead your audience from what they can do to how you can provide it.
  13. Use the words of your clients in your presentations.
  14. You can make eye contact on silence too.
  15. You cannot be creative in isolation.
  16. Create a mastermind group.
  17. Make the people in the audience the heroes.
  18. Use phrasing to punctuate your speeches.
  19. Punch words need to go at the end of a phrase.
  20. Take your audience along with you in your presentation.
Toastmasters like Patricia do, and so can you!

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