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0160; List them, once again in order of importance.  Tags: Audience-Centered Speaking Public Speaking Speech Writin How do you put together a persuasive speech?  0160; The classic way, first noted by the ancient Greeks, is to begin with a problem the audience has, and then put forward a solution.  0160; That’s particularly suited to the presentation format, because it makes sense to us; it’s

0160; In this story, the rules, the terrain, the marketplace – something complicated and pervasive – has changed, and the audience needs to learn new rules in order to master the new situation.  0160; Think of all the small software companies that began in order to take on Microsoft!  Tags: Audience-Centered Speaking Authenticity Public Speaking Speech Writing I’ve written about using the power of the 5 basic stories that Western culture has to make your speeches stronger, ‘stickier’ and more instantly graspable.  0160; Look here: http://tinyurl.com/6sdl5v or

0160; Following are a series of questions to ask the audience, in order to start connecting with them.  Tags: Audience-Centered Speaking Authenticity Public Speaking Speech Writin Audiences today expect to have a conversation with speakers, and they crave real connection with successful speakers.  0160; The best way to ensure that these good things happen during your presentations is to involve your audiences throughout. 

Tags: Writin PORTFOLIO was supposed to be given five years to prove itself in the marketplace.  0160; S.I. Newhouse had to pull it after two.  0160; That's what Steve Fishman reports - ironically - in high-profile glossy NEW YORK Magazine in his cover story on the end of the golden age of magazines.

0160; Following are 4 keys ways that people test openness of language against the ideal; fail in one of these and your audience will write you off as not forthright, or honest – and ultimately not worth listening to.  0160; In more formal settings, a good communicator knows that openness requires agreement on the agenda in order to avoid problems and recriminations later. I often blog on the importance of open body language in giving a presentation.  0160; But no less important is openness of language. 

If you do, you're just filling orders. If you're thinking "that's the what my customers expect and if I don't give it to them I have no chance of getting the business" then you've allowed them to put you in the position of filling orders. I'm writing about this because of my recent experience. A prospect asks you for your resume plus your hourly rate. Or they request a client list and your product's price.

language in order to survive.  Tags: Audience-Centered Speaking Authenticity Books Public Speaking Speech Writing Storytellin Principle IV:   Persuasive rhetoric deals in stories, facts, and tropes Stories, facts, and tropes are your tools for building effective,

top of the other, in order to achieve true charisma. Tags: Audience-Centered Speaking Authenticity Books Non-verbal Communication Public Speaking Speech Writin Principle X:   Authenticity and charisma derive from becoming open, connected, passionate passionate and listening with and to your audience.  

If you are addressing the troops in order to present a new plan or direction, the decision has already been made, and you want to bring the people along with you, then stand. Tags: Audience-Centered Speaking Authenticity Non-verbal Communication Public Speaking Speech Writin Many clients ask me if they can present sitting down. It's a natural question -- it feels more collegial, and less exposed, to sit down around the table like everyone else.