Public Speaking Basics

Know Your Audience

Use The Right Words

Decide What You Want To Covey

Learn How to Communicate

What Happens If Your Don’t Connect With Your Audience

 

 

Public Speaking Basics

 

By exploring the many and often varied techniques, the individual will be able to make an informed assessment as to which “tool” would be most beneficial to be used in any specific public speaking foray.

 

There are some basic points that should be understood and accepted as a given when it comes to the public speaking basics. The following are just some to be noted:

 

 Deciding on the format to be adopted based on its suitability for any specific public speaking task should be considered as not all public speaking engagements can and should follow a previously set pattern. Also this will allow the parties to decide on the most effective presentation style that would garner the desired effects.

 

 Decide and then design accordingly the goals intended to be achieved through the public speaking exercise. Having clearly defined goals helps all involved to have a common mindset both in style and execution of the whole process. When all involved are of the same or similar thinking plane then it becomes clearer and easier to get the message intended across.

 

 Venues and time frames which may seem like elements that don’t need much attention should not be dismissed as such. When planning the public speaking exercise these elements do make a difference in how well received the entire public speaking exercise is.

 

 Another folly to avoid when preparing for public speaking forays is to never under or over estimate the views of the attending audience. In failing to give this aspect of the public speaking foray due importance, those involved make the mistake of possibly creating a less than successful presentation.

 

 

Know Your Audience

 

In the quest to present material that is both relevant yet exciting and engaging one has to be able to understand and relate to the receiving party at all times.

 

Understand It

Failing to note these very important elements will cause the entire exercise to be ineffective and a waste of time for all parties involved. Therefore there is a need to understand the audience before making any 

 

Presentation. Below are some of the aspects or recommendations that should be looked into carefully:

 

 Researching or having some knowledge of the educational levels of the listening audience in instrumental in designing the work that is intended to be presented. If the presented material is too complex or technical then the entire exercise would be rather futile as the audience will not be able to understand its contents.

 

 The material designed to be presented should also focus on the job or professional background of the audience, as this too is impactful and directly connected to the success of the experience.

 

 Having an idea of the audience’s expectations of the material being presented is also another way of gauging the audience’s general anticipated attention levels. Making the necessary adjustments to present material that is both applicable and acceptable in standard will ensure the positive participation of the audience.

 

 

Use The Right Words

 

When engaging in the public speaking exercise the main and perhaps most important point to bear in mind is keeping the attention of the audience from the beginning to the end of the presentation. If this is successfully done, then the presenter has been able to achieve his or her goal in imparting the material.

  

Correct Words

Choosing the right words is a very important element to consider when designing the material to be presented. 

There is a needed to know the general mindset of the target audience to ensure the most suitable words are used in the material to be presented so that it is completely understood and the whole experience in general is beneficial and pleasant.

 

Using too technical terms just to impress will neither benefit the presenter not the receiving audience as the material will be deemed boring and thus the attention span of the audience will be severely affected. Here are 

some helpful tips when it comes to choosing the right words to be included in any presentation:

 

 The use of descriptive words or otherwise known as visual words is important when the material being presented requires the audience to be able to relate in a “seeing” manner. This helps when the presenter needs the impact to be clearly felt and accepted.

 

 Keeping the words short and simple with only a few injections of more impressive vocabulary is also recommended. This will enable the target audience to easily follow the flow of what is being presented rather than become confused and frustrated, spending time trying to decipher the meaning of the impressive vocabulary choice that would probably be understood by a hand full only.

 

 Using simple metaphors is also encouraged as long as the choice is fairly commonly understood and familiar to most. It helps the listening audience to be able to visualize better what is being presented within the mind’s eye.

 

 

Decide What You Want To Covey

 

When embarking on the quest to create a presentation of any sort there should first and foremost be some sort of theme which is evident throughout the presentation. Having this common element present will ensure the target audience leaves the experience completely sure of what the presenter was trying to convey.

 

What Is The Point

When the theme has been established and incorporated into the presentation at suitable intervals the desired reactions will be able to be garnered and thus create the connective responses. Keeping the theme throughout also helps to remind the audience of the reason for the presentation and its hopeful result.

 

This also helps to create minimal confusion especially if the presentation content requires a lot of technical material. Working on the various aspects of the presentation to ensure the message is clearly conveyed is important and these may include the general speech outline, the drafts that constitute the content which may have to be doctored often to ensure the underlying message is evident, the feedback that can be solicited during the presentation and then the final version.

 

Keeping the theme of what is meant to be conveyed at the fore front of the whole presentation at all times. Every point included in the presentation should ideally point towards what is intended to be conveyed as this would then make the theme clear and consistent to everyone listening.

 

Most effective presentations should be able to keep the attention of the audience by trying to engage the audience into participating and being interactive thus successfully conveying the intended message.

 

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