Career Development: Five Quick Ways to Become a Better Speaker
Surveys about fear have revealed that we fear public speaking more than death. That’s why there is a joke that goes something like, “If you are at a funeral, it’s better to be in the coffin than the one delivering the eulogy.”
However, there are many things we can learn about public speaking from the masters. Even better, there are many very simple techniques that will captivate the audience every single time.
Take, for example, the pause:
Pause for two or three seconds and the audience assumes you lost your place. Pause for five seconds and the audience begins to think the pause is intentional… and starts wondering why.
Pause for ten seconds and even the people who were busy tweeting can’t resist glancing up.
These days, if you can get someone to look up from his or her phone during your presentation, you’ve pretty much won at public speaking.
Learn four more ways to be a better speaker from Jeff Haden:
5 Ways to Become a Better Speaker Overnight
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