The Greatest Public Speaking Secrets

I bet you are looking for public speaking secrets that makes the difference between good public speakers and great ones. Unfortunately, there is no magic formula. But there are some secrets great public speakers have to really shine in front of an audience. But it isn’t magic or something that you can take as a pill and, presto, you are ready to stand up and dazzle the audience. It is a very simple process you already know.

Public speaking secret #1

The first of the greatest public speaking secrets is known as work – just simple, old fashioned hard work. And preparation. And the further in advance you can start preparing your speech the better your presentation will be.

You know that feeling of terror you experience when you address a crowd?

You may not be able to pinpoint why that feeling comes upon you but many times the reason is you aren’t completely prepared. And becuse you are not fully prepared you don’t know what to do. Or you are unceratin what will happen during your speech because your material is not developed as well as it should be. But if you put work and effort in your preparations, it will make all the difference in the world when you stand up to give your speech.

First of all, make sure the content meets your own standards. You don’t stop until your speech is compelling and fascinating to yourself. It’s only then you will be eager to get up there and share with your audience what you know.

Public speaking secret #2

The next of the greatest public speaking secrets is the eagerness to speak. It is a very refreshing feeling and your audience will notice the big change in your attitude too. It will take some work to get to that level of confidence but rehearsals of your presentation help a lot.

The more you have of your presentation in your mind, the more confident you will be in front of an audience. If you have the presentation virtually memorized you will look at your audience more and only have to glance at your outline to stay on track with where you want to be next. That is a terrific skill to develop and a huge benefit when speaking to an audience.

Enthusiasm is contagious and if you get up in front of them bubbling with anticipation because what you have to share is just that cool, they will be eager to hear it. It’s like when someone says to you, “Hey, want to know a secret?” You are dying to hear that secret. That is the attitude you will see in your audience when you get up there well prepared and excited to tell what is in that outline.

Public speaking sceret #3

The last one of the public speaking secrets is about writing a speech – the outline or layout. Prepare a dynamic opener that puts the problem statement into the minds of the audience and then proceed to solve that problem. Use your own experiences to describe the problem. And even more important to tell the audience how you felt when you found a solution to this problem.

Also know the navigation plan of your presentation and plan the transitions from point to point. That will help you not get stuck in one part of the speech; and not have awkward transitions, which will make you and then your audience nervous.

Finally plan how you will conclude your presentation. There is a conclusion you want your audience to reach. Make sure you know the critical points and what parts of your speech are “optional” or included for illustration or to fill time. In that way, you know where to cut if time runs short and you will still get to your point and close strong.

If your speech has good content, enthusiasm, good points to lead up to solving the problem and closes strong, not only will you feel great about it, your audience will applaud the job you did.