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Record listen to every talk at least twice! Best : PowerPoint features OK : Tape recorder Get the timing right Running out of time is a disaster Practice to an audience or record video Ask experienced speaker to critique Record video for critique Learn Speaking Skills Next Topic: Develop Key Point Organize Story Design Graphics Practice Talk QA Delivery Delivering the Talk Confidence passion Overing language barrier Overing nervousness Humor Audience participation Be yourself Confidence Passion Make sure you’re not too tired: Get enough sleep the previous night Drink (up to) 3 cups of coffee! No milk Stand on left side of screen Confidence Passion Make sure you’re not too tired: Get enough sleep the previous night Drink (up to) 3 cups of coffee! No milk Stand on left side of screen During your talk, do not apologize “Sorry I’m behind on time” “Sorry this slide is so hard to read” Overing Language Barrier Know your limitations Don’t use fancy words, plex sentences Don’t take any chance of looking silly Prepare an outline/script Rehearse before the talk Don’t have to use it Not OK to read your bullets But OK to read or memorize your speech Practice still required Proper vocal visual skills still required Overing Nervousness “ Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.” Ralph Waldo Emerson It is possible to hide nervousness! Don’t let the shaking show! Make a fist。 ask what you can do for your country.” John F. Kennedy “I wele this kind of examination, because people have to know whether their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.” Richard M. Nixon Don’t overdo it!!! Vocal+Verbal : Words+Intonation John Kennedy: “You need to contribute to your country” “Ask not what your country can do for you。 I do and I understand.” Be Yourself Don’t copy others’ styles Many styles could be effective You must be yourself to be credible Adapt your style, but stay within “fort zone” Comfort zone Great strategist Trustworthy CEO Technology visionary Bill Gates Steve Ballmer Steve Jobs Ideal role Brilliant technologist Powerful salesman Passionate evangelist Learn Speaking Skills Last Topic: Develop Key Point Organize Story Design Graphics Practice Talk QA Delivery QA: Opportunity to Amplify QA is your last chance to: Amplify your points (particularly the Key Point) Increase your credibility If people are too shy, you start! Hard questions No need to answer directly But don’t hide! Narrow questions Take offline QA – Giving A Good Answer Respect the listener Don’t argue or dismiss a question Right body language Answer to the entire audience Repeat the question Complete if people cannot hear Paraphrase to help amplify your point Conclusion Anyone can bee a good speaker。How to Bee A Good Speaker KaiFu Lee Corporate Vice President Microsoft Corporation Why Be a Good Speaker? “ The man who can think and does not know how to express what he thinks is at the level of him who cannot think.” Pericles Not just “presentation”, but also “ persuasion” Get people’s “mindshare” Infl