#012: Say It Like a Pro – Overcoming Your Fear of Public Speaking (Podcast)

Encouraging Words for Working Moms with Christy Largent

In today’s podcast, Christy will empower you to overcome your fear and convey your message in the best possible way. Whether it’s a presentation to your company VP’s or an effort to increase volunteers at your local YMCA, these suggestions will help you gain confidence and increase your competence, so that you will deliver an awesome presentation every time. And who knows? You just might love it too!

Key Ideas:

Set Yourself Up for Success – Your professional image is based on how others see you:

1. Body Image: Passive – Aggressive – Assertive
2. Verbal and Non-verbal Image
3. Your Clothes Image
4. Your Content Image
5. Your Voice Image

Your Presentation – Just Like a H.S. Term Paper!

• Tell them what you’re going to tell them
• Tell them
• Tell them what you told them

1. Introduction – Hook
2. 3 Main Points – with supporting components
3. Closing – Call to Action

Include these elements:

• Stories – personal, 3rd person as well as movies and books
• Facts – not too much
• Examples
• Pictures
• HUMOR!

Key Items to Remember:

• Be Authentic – Be Yourself
• Practice, Practice, Practice
• Magic Bullet: It’s NOT all about you!!

Best Book Resources:

Communicate with Confidence, Revised and Expanded Edition: How to Say it Right the First Time and Every Time

How to Say It For Women: Communicating with Confidence and Power Using the Language of Success

Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds

Website Resources:

gallocommunications.com – Carmine Gallo, author of Talk like TED

http://www.toastmasters.org

http://www.dalecarnegie.com

One more thing: Remember, my book give away this week for the first person to rate and leave a review on iTunes gets Talk Like TED as my gift!

Encouraging Word of the Week: Proverbs 15:23 A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word!

Question: What’s your biggest fear about public speaking? What have you done that helped you overcome that fear? Why do you think it’s so scary? I can’t wait to read your comments below.

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