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| | The Public Speaking - The Essential Skill Network is not currently active and cannot accept new posts | | How about a Speaker's Tutorial | Views: 980 | | Mar 03, 2007 7:23 pm | | How about a Speaker's Tutorial | # | 
Robert Harrington | | Assuming a 15 minute speech on the topic "Increasing Your Net Worth" in front of my small 50 member networking group, where “Net” means Internet, and the talk is actually a mini seminar on why most websites do not work, and how to change yours or how to create an instant site that will work for you.
I will also be telling the audience about local success stories.
I expect a 5 minute Q &b A which may carry on after the main networking is over.
So how many pages or an approximate word count would this type of presentation normally take?
I plan to use public speaking as an efficient way to get out in front of people without “hard selling” anyone. People hate to be sold. They love it when you help them buy.
I want to help them buy through my on-line Realty Office.
I have never done Public Speaking before which prompted me to find this group of “Real World” experts. Any tips or links to great helpful sites are appreciated.
P.S. I love the potential of the “net.” I sold my friends old car for $43000.00 on eBay before my Internet nonbeliever’s expensive print ads even came out.
Over $350.00 wasted on print ads compared to $56.00 for eBay.
I think I can “sell” public speaking gigs on eBay to.
Cheers
Bob
Private Reply to Robert Harrington | | Mar 03, 2007 11:40 pm | | re: How about a Speaker's Tutorial | # | 
Rasheed Hooda | | Bob,
If you are looking to take a few years off your Public Speaking learning curve, join a Toastmasters Group in your area.
Also, you can join the TM group here on Ryze.
As for the how many pages does a 15 min require for you to write, here is the rule of thumb I use. Most men speak at the rate of about 125 words per minute, so when I prepare a speech, I write about 100 words for every minute I need to speak. I speak a little slower, and it also leaves enough room for pauses for effect and laughter.
Hope this helps.
Rasheed
Prosperity Mentor and Keynote Speaker
Be Different, Be Yourself!
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http://www.ryze.com/networkindex.php?network=NaturalEase Private Reply to Rasheed Hooda | | Mar 14, 2007 6:42 pm | | re: re: How about a Speaker's Tutorial | # | 
Shannon Hill | | I second Rasheed's motion that you find a TM group. But in the meanwhile, to quantify Rasheed's estimate of speech length, I find that a single-spaced printed page runs me about 7 minutes. I tend to talk quickly, so call it 8 to be on the safe side. Thus, if you want 15 minutes talk time before Q&A, you're looking at roughly 2 single spaced pages. Good luck! Private Reply to Shannon Hill | | Mar 14, 2007 8:16 pm | | re: How about a Speaker's Tutorial | # | 
Carol Bradley Bursack | | My take on this is a bit different, perhaps because of subject matter, but when I wrote out my presentations, it distracted me.
Now, I just use a small cheat sheet to stay on track, and because I speak from the heart (elder care and senior issues), I flesh out each topic and it just works. I have to say my gigs are usually longer than what we are talking about here, but I can adapt to nearly any length.
I watch the faces of my audience and it leads me - where do I expand? Do I just skip something to make time for a certain topic?
This may not be useful to you, since you are speaking on a more "concrete" subject, but you may be able to take something from it. Be true to yourself, be genuine, and that will take you farther than following a tight list of topics.
Best of luck,
Carol Bradley Bursack
Minding Our Elders Private Reply to Carol Bradley Bursack | | Mar 15, 2007 4:36 pm | | re: How about a Speaker's Tutorial | # | 
Lisa Braithwaite | | I agree with Carol. I occasionally will write out a speech word for word to get a feel for what I want to say, but then I always break it down into an outline format and use notes that I can refer to when I'm speaking. Never more than one page - makes it easier not to get lost.
Create a strong opening (grabs the audience right off the bat) and closing (a call to action and some memorable final words to motivate them) to memorize, and keep the body of your presentation fresh and spontaneous by NOT memorizing it and using bullets or an outline to trigger the ideas that you want to talk about.
I don't usually work out the number of words or pages per minute, either. I start with the main points I want to cover (and in fifteen minutes that's no more than three), then flesh them out and see how it works through practice. Your presentation will always be shorter when you practice by yourself than it will be when you give it to a group, so make sure to build in that cushion.
You can always cut down your presentation if you start with too much info - in the short time span you have, you're giving an overview, not an in-depth presentation. You don't need to tell them everything you know on the topic, just enough to get them engaged and wanting to contact you for more info later.
LB
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Private Reply to Lisa Braithwaite | | Mar 16, 2007 1:28 pm | | re: re: How about a Speaker's Tutorial | # |
Shannon Hill | | I just had this conversation with someone last night who keeps trying to give his speeches memorized word for word, and struggles with doing so.
My usual process is this - I write out a draft just to get all the info in one place, and to give myself an idea of length (that 7 minutes per page I mentioned) so I can adjust up or down if I need to. Often, speakers do have very specific time constraints, so it's important to have a way to include timing in your prep process. But I do not ever use notes when I actually speak, because I do not want to be tethered to a lectern. (If you're using powerpoint, or something visual of that nature, though, you can certainly include your outline in your slides.) I also can't give the "same" speech that's written on the paper. Why? Because writing and speaking are different processes. What looks great on paper may not sound great when you speak.
So I use the writing process to get my points in order and to establish benchmarks for length - but then you do simply have to talk it out to get it to exactly what you want. I may have a few specific phrases from the writing process that I make a point of using because I like the way they sound, and I make sure I have firmly fixed in my mind what order I want to present my points in. I also definitely agree with crafting a strong opening and conclusion, as those are what the audience will remember most.
The "script and memorize every word" school of speaking can be catastrophic, as I have seen it happen (several times) that someone forgets a single word in the sequence and becomes paralyzed, because they memorized words, not content. Also, a word-for-word presentation can sound very stilted, and not flow naturally. You have to be able to wing it! Part of being a really good speaker is thinking on your feet.Private Reply to Shannon Hill | | Mar 20, 2007 9:10 pm | | re: re: re: How about a Speaker's Tutorial | # | 
Ira Stoller | | I agree with Shannon. You never want to either memorize an entire speech or read one from a printed page. When I was coaching a few 7th graders for their public speaking contest I had to constantly tell them that this was a public SPEAKING contest, not a public READING contest.
Creative use of Power Point can be very helpful, but don't use it as a crutch. If I can get a projector and a laptop, I like to be looking at the laptop while the slides are projected in back of me. The slides are merely speaking points, sometimes with graphics. The thing you want to avoid with Power Point is to have lots and lots of verbiage on every slide. It's distracting and you'll tend to lose your audience. Also, don't just read from your slides.Private Reply to Ira Stoller | | Mar 21, 2007 12:43 am | | re: re: re: re: How about a Speaker's Tutorial | # | 
DeAnna Troupe, Video Marketing Specialist | | When I gave my speech last week, I just typed up the websites I planned to talk about and looked at the sheet to make sure I didn't leave any out.
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