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]]> By: Geri tekstai iš gerų žmonių (Spalio 29 d.) at geriau negu vakar, blogiau negu rytoj. http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/15/5-ways-top-speakers-connect-with-their-audience/#comment-110096 Geri tekstai iš gerų žmonių (Spalio 29 d.) at geriau negu vakar, blogiau negu rytoj. Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:56:52 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/15/5-ways-top-speakers-connect-with-their-audience/#comment-110096 [...] Tęsiant penketų temą - kaip geriausi kalbėtojai (oratoriai) užmezga ryšį su auditorija. [...] […] Tęsiant penketų temą - kaip geriausi kalbėtojai (oratoriai) užmezga ryšį su auditorija. […]

]]> By: GreatManagement http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/15/5-ways-top-speakers-connect-with-their-audience/#comment-110044 GreatManagement Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:44:53 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/15/5-ways-top-speakers-connect-with-their-audience/#comment-110044 This is a great post and I totally agree with the 5 ways. I have performed numerous presentations to 1000’s of people and written by own book on the subject. Therefore, I would like to add: Planning and preparation. What are the audience expecting? How will you know the presentation was a success? If you want to look great (remember you are on show) you will not be able to bluff your way through. Visual/aids/props - should I use them? What are the best ways to use them? I always do and they have to be in context with the content. Actual delivery - make sure you are passionate about the subject. Post delivery. Ask for and get some feedback - so next time the presentation is even better. Andrew This is a great post and I totally agree with the 5 ways.

I have performed numerous presentations to 1000’s of people and written by own book on the subject.

Therefore, I would like to add:

Planning and preparation. What are the audience expecting? How will you know the presentation was a success? If you want to look great (remember you are on show) you will not be able to bluff your way through.

Visual/aids/props - should I use them? What are the best ways to use them? I always do and they have to be in context with the content.

Actual delivery - make sure you are passionate about the subject.

Post delivery. Ask for and get some feedback - so next time the presentation is even better.

Andrew

]]> By: Creating Tomorrow » Blog Archive » Connecting with your Audience http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/15/5-ways-top-speakers-connect-with-their-audience/#comment-109995 Creating Tomorrow » Blog Archive » Connecting with your Audience Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:39:54 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/15/5-ways-top-speakers-connect-with-their-audience/#comment-109995 [...] I was both surprised and pleased to see one of my favorite blogs, Brazen Careerist, dedicating an entry to tips for speaking in front of an audience. [...] […] I was both surprised and pleased to see one of my favorite blogs, Brazen Careerist, dedicating an entry to tips for speaking in front of an audience. […]

]]> By: Dennis Smith http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/15/5-ways-top-speakers-connect-with-their-audience/#comment-109988 Dennis Smith Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:37:19 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/15/5-ways-top-speakers-connect-with-their-audience/#comment-109988 These are terrific pointers! And, being a recruiter, I couldn't help but think how much more effective we recruiters would be in an interview if we'd follow these same principles: Tell Stories (about the companies culture - about the leadership style of the company - you'll be much more engaging...and interesting) Look deeply at the audience (show them you are interested!) Be Honest (please, can't we just all be honest for a change) Smile (seriously, I know you think that interviewers are supposed to be cold and stoic, but this is 2007 - deal with it) Relax (I promise you'll have a lot more fun this way). These are terrific pointers! And, being a recruiter, I couldn’t help but think how much more effective we recruiters would be in an interview if we’d follow these same principles:

Tell Stories
(about the companies culture - about the leadership style of the company - you’ll be much more engaging…and interesting)

Look deeply at the audience
(show them you are interested!)

Be Honest
(please, can’t we just all be honest for a change)

Smile
(seriously, I know you think that interviewers are supposed to be cold and stoic, but this is 2007 - deal with it)

Relax
(I promise you’ll have a lot more fun this way).

]]> By: Interesting of Oct 23 « the vacant space http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/15/5-ways-top-speakers-connect-with-their-audience/#comment-109944 Interesting of Oct 23 « the vacant space Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:05:36 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/15/5-ways-top-speakers-connect-with-their-audience/#comment-109944 [...] 5 ways great speakers connect with their audience [...] […] 5 ways great speakers connect with their audience […]

]]> By: Dale http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/15/5-ways-top-speakers-connect-with-their-audience/#comment-109920 Dale Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:07:33 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/15/5-ways-top-speakers-connect-with-their-audience/#comment-109920 In the article that I reference here, Lee Iacocca once noted, "You can have brilliant ideas; but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere." The following snippet is a very good example of this. "In their new book, The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas, Wharton legal studies and business ethics professor G. Richard Shell and management consultant Mario Moussa provide a systematic approach to idea selling. They tell the story of rock star Bono's visit to then-Senator Jesse Helms' Capitol Hill office to enlist his help in the global war against AIDS. Bono had all the facts and figures at his fingertips, and launched into a detailed appeal based on this data. He was, in essence, speaking to Helms the same way he had recently spoken to executives and technical experts at the many foundations and corporations he had approached about this issue. But within a few minutes, Bono sensed that he was losing Helms' attention, and he instinctively changed his pitch. Knowing that Helms was a deeply religious man (and drawing on his own born-again Christian values), Bono began speaking of Jesus Christ's concern for the sick and poor. He argued that AIDS should be considered the 21st century equivalent of leprosy, an affliction cited in many Bible stories of the New Testament. Helms immediately sat up and began listening, and before the meeting was over had promised to be the Senate champion for Bono's cause." Communication is all about the audience! In the article that I reference here, Lee Iacocca once noted, “You can have brilliant ideas; but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” The following snippet is a very good example of this.

“In their new book, The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas, Wharton legal studies and business ethics professor G. Richard Shell and management consultant Mario Moussa provide a systematic approach to idea selling.
They tell the story of rock star Bono’s visit to then-Senator Jesse Helms’ Capitol Hill office to enlist his help in the global war against AIDS.
Bono had all the facts and figures at his fingertips, and launched into a detailed appeal based on this data. He was, in essence, speaking to Helms the same way he had recently spoken to executives and technical experts at the many foundations and corporations he had approached about this issue. But within a few minutes, Bono sensed that he was losing Helms’ attention, and he instinctively changed his pitch. Knowing that Helms was a deeply religious man (and drawing on his own born-again Christian values), Bono began speaking of Jesus Christ’s concern for the sick and poor. He argued that AIDS should be considered the 21st century equivalent of leprosy, an affliction cited in many Bible stories of the New Testament. Helms immediately sat up and began listening, and before the meeting was over had promised to be the Senate champion for Bono’s cause.”

Communication is all about the audience!

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