St. Louis (KSDK) - It could be a wedding toast or a class assignment in high school or college. Most of us get anxious when we’re asked to talk to an audience.

It’s the number one phobia, called glossophobia. When it comes to talking the talk, many people would rather get a root canal or an IRS audit than make a speech.

Click the video player above to watch the report.

Fred Miller’s book is No Sweat Public Speaking!, and among his tips: people remember the first and last thing you tell them, so Have a strong opening and a strong close to your speech, have confident body language, remember that the audience is on your side and they want you to succeed.

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Transcript of Interview

Kay Quinn: …or it could be a wedding toast, or a class assignment in high school or college.  Most of us get anxious when we’re asked to talk to an audience, and Art Holliday here has a story about the fear of speaking in public.  75 percent of us are afraid to talk in public.  You and I aren’t — aren’t among those people.

Art Holliday:  The number two phobia is fear of death; but the number one phobia is fear of speaking in public, okay.

Kay Quinn:  Wow.  Can you imagine?

Art Holliday:  It’s called glossophobia. And when it comes to talking the talk, many people would rather get a root canal or an IRS audit than make a speech.

It’s time to talk about talking.

Fred Miller:  Yikes.  Me, speak in front of a group?  Oh, my gosh.

Art Holliday:  Welcome to Cave Springs Toastmasters where an author and a teenage film maker face their fear.

Male1: Very afraid.  I have a big fear in public speaking.

Female1:  You know, I did have a little bit of a fear in public speaking.  But, like, Fred said today, practice, practice, practice.

Art Holliday:  Fred Miller is an author who coaches people how to speak in public.

Fred Miller:  If your reaction to a speaking opportunity is more Yikes than Yes, you’re not alone.  Lots of people have a fear of public speaking.

Art Holliday:  Miller says he is used to calming nervous narrators.

Fred Miller:  I’ve coached lawyers, and doctors, and CEOs; coached a bride — father of the bride to be.  I think he started having panic attacks the day his daughter got engaged, thinking about giving that toast to the bride.

Art Holliday:  Even presidential candidates can experience tongue turmoil.

Governor Perry:  I would do away with the education, the commerce, and let’s see.  I can’t.  The third one, I can’t.  I’m sorry.  Oops.

Art Holliday:  Fred Miller’s goal is oops for your confidence when you work the crowd.

Fred Miller:  Kind of feel like your naked all alone, vulnerable?  That’s just it.  You’ve got to get used to it.

Female2:  The first speech, oh my gosh, my legs were shaking; and now I ‘m on speech seven and-

Male4:  I’m not very good at public speaking and, plus, I’m very shy.  I just realized well, this is the best opportunity to come here and learn.

Male5:  Thank you Mayor, and fellow Reglinians.

Art Holliday:  Fred Miller says you can go from knee-knocking nervousness to a knock-your-socks-off presentation.  All you have to do is–

Fred Miller:  Speak, speak, speak.  If you want to be a swimmer, swim.  If you want to be a baker, bake.  The learning is in the doing.   So, if you want to be a speaker, just get up and speak.

Art Holliday:  Just make sure you hold onto your script.

Now, Fred Miller’s book is “No Sweat Public Speaking!”

Among his tips:

• People remember the first and last thing you tell them, so have a strong opening and a strong close to your speech.
• Have confident body language.  Remember that the audience is on your side and they want you to succeed.
• And Miller is a big fan of Toastmasters International, which helps improve public speaking and leadership skills.  There are 77 Toastmaster organizations in Missouri and Illinois within 25 miles of downtown St. Louis.  So, a lot of people are aware of their fears and they’re trying to do something about it.

Kay Quinn:  Yeah, you’ve go to remember we’re all just human, right.  So, you’re going to make mistakes from time to time, or slip up, and I love the Don Knotts’ thing.  Oh, that is so funny.  That’s classic.  It’s priceless.  Thank you so much, Art.

Art Holliday:  Thank you.

[00:03:20]

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About the Author
Fred E. Miller is a speaker, a coach, and author of the book,
“No Sweat Public Speaking!”
Businesses and individuals hire him because they want to improve their
Public Speaking and Presentation Skills.
They do this because we perceive really great speakers to be Experts.
Perception is reality and we rather deal with Experts.

They also know:
Speaking Opportunities are Business Opportunities.
Speaking Opportunities are Career Opportunities.
Speaking Opportunities are Leadership Opportunities.
He shows them how to
Develop, Practice, and Deliver ‘Knock Your Socks Off Presentations!’ with -
No Sweat!

Fred E. Miller
Fred@NoSweatPublicSpeaking.com
nosweatpublicspeaking.com
Connect/Follow me:
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“If it’s Sunday, it’s Meet the Press.”

This is how David Gregory, the moderator of the the longest-running television series in American broadcasting, signs off each Sunday morning.

Tim Russert, the previous host, and all hosts before him, signed off with the same words.  It’s part of this weekly television news/interview program’s Branding.

Branding yourself and company in several ways, so others know who you are and what you do, should be part of your marketing strategy.  Using it in your Closing can be particularly effective.  This is because of the Law of Primacy and Recency which says, “The last thing the audience sees and hears will be the first thing they will remember.”

If you’re a fan of the great motivational speaker Zig Ziglar, you know his presentations always closed with his Branded Tag Line, “I will see You - At The Top!”

My good friend and internet marketing expert Russ Henneberry blogs on the site,
Tiny Business, Mighty Profits.  He closes and Brands his presentations with the statement, “Starting tomorrow, do the things we worked on today, and Your Tiny Business will have - Mighty  Profits!”

If you hear the phrase, “It just works!” you associate it with Steve Jobs.  Another of his favorites was, “And one more thing!”  Combine those statements with a black turtleneck sweater, blue jeans, and white sneakers and you have the Brand, Steve Jobs!
That Brand was, and will forever be, associated with the bigger Brand, Apple.

I’ve worked very hard on my “No Sweat!” Brand:

• ”No Sweat Public Speaking!” is my book.
• ”No Sweat Public Speaking!” is my website.
• Above my signature on correspondence and emails are the words,
  “Make your next presentation - “No Sweat!”
• When I encourage others with an upcoming presentation I tell them it will be -  “No Sweat!”
• I Close all my presentations with:
• “I’m going to close my talk with a Challenge – and a Prediction.
• Here’s my challenge, and it’s a challenge to each and every one of you.
• The next time you have a speaking opportunity - Grab It!
• Then prepare, practice and deliver that speech using all the components, parts and elements of  ”No Sweat Public Speaking!
• ”Do that, and my prediction is this:
• “Your speech will be: absolutely, positively, there’s no doubt in my mind; no ifs, ands or buts about it.  That speech will be (As I speak those words, I wipe my brow, look at the palm of my hand, then look up at the audience, smile broadly and say),  – “No Sweat!”
• I’ve even had people in the audience, who see this Closing Statement coming, mouth the words “No Sweat!” with me!
• That means they’re GETTING IT! with my Branding.
  How cool is that!

Now, My Challenge – and Prediction to you is this:
Develop a closing statement that brands you and your talks.

Do that, and my prediction is this: Your Brand will grow, and grow –
making you the ‘Go-To Person’ in your area of expertise!

Leave a Comment, please, and let us know how you Brand Yourself!

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About the Author
Fred E. Miller is a speaker, a coach, and author of the book,
“No Sweat Public Speaking!”
Businesses and individuals hire him because they want to improve their
Public Speaking and Presentation Skills.
They do this because we perceive really great speakers to be Experts.
Perception is reality and we rather deal with Experts.

They also know:
Speaking Opportunities are Business Opportunities.
Speaking Opportunities are Career Opportunities.
Speaking Opportunities are Leadership Opportunities.
He shows them how to
Develop, Practice, and Deliver ‘Knock Your Socks Off Presentations!’ with -
No Sweat!

Fred E. Miller
Fred@NoSweatPublicSpeaking.com
nosweatpublicspeaking.com
Connect/Follow me:
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LinkedIn
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314-517-8772

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Read them – Study them – Don’t do them!

DON’T  If you’re a speaker there are certain things you should do, and should not do.  Here are 11 Definite Don’ts!

1. Don’t  ”Wing it.”
1. Your non-effort will show.
2. You’ll embarrass yourself and waste the time of your audience.  They came to learn something from your talk.
3. It is your responsibility they leave the room knowing more about your subject than they did when they entered.
4. Prepare and practice your presentation as if it were very important – because it is!
2. Don’t think the speech is about You.  It’s not.
1. It is, and always should be, about the Audience!
1. Being Audience Centered is one of the
   Laws of Presentation.
2. Focusing on the Audience, and not you, will raise the quality of your presentation and lower your anxiety.
3. Don’t give the same speech to all audiences.
1. Do your homework and get some intel on whom you’ll be speaking with.
2. All audiences are not the same.  Their makeup and knowledge of your subject will vary.  Adjust your speech accordingly.
4. Don’t turn your back to the audience and read text from your slides.
1. Slides are a tool to help the audience GET IT!  They especially appeal to the 65% of the population that are visual learners.
2. You shouldn’t be using much, if any, text.
1. Use high quality, universally understood images, and you supply the text with your voice.
3. Use the ‘B Blank’ button to blank the screen and take the attention of the audience from the screen to you, the presenter –  where their attention should be directed.
5. Don’t leave it up to the emcee to write your Introduction.
1. It is your responsibility, not the emcee’s, and is an integral part of your presentation.
2. It is not your bio.  The Introduction should answer three questions:
1. Why this subject?
2. Why this speaker?
3. Why now?
3. You write it because no one knows what should be on it better than you!
6. Don’t tell a joke to be telling a joke.
1. All presentations don’t need humor.  However, if done well, it can be “icing on the cake.”
2. Humor can be great because it can make an emotional connection to your audience.  But it has to be appropriate to the presentation and your audience.
1. The best humor is self-effacing, but don’t overdo it.
7. Don’t run over your allotted time.
1. There are scheduled events before and after you present.  Respect those events and the audience and contain your talk as scheduled.
2. Fill the time your are allotted with great content and delivery. Finishing a bit early is OK; too early disrupts the agenda.
8. Don’t assume the projector, computer, microphone, etc. will be in place and working as you asked.
1. It is your presentation and your responsibility that everything is in place and working.
2. You, or someone else, may have delegated those duties, but it’s your ultimate job because it’s your presentation.  That’s why. . .
9. Don’t - NOT have a Plan B!
1. Stuff Happens!  You must be prepared to carry on if the projector fails, the computer crashes, the emcee forgets to bring your Introduction, etc.
2. Practice Plan B.  It is different delivering a presentation with all your slides showing well vs. giving the same information with one sheet of paper with the light table view of all your slides.
   (I know this from personal experience.  My “No Sweat!” presentation could easily have gone into “Big Sweat!”)
10. Don’t use buzz words, acronyms, or technical jargon that your audience won’t immediately understand.
1. You won’t impress them – you’ll lose them!
1. No one wants to feel “not OK,” and they’ll quickly turn you off.
11. Don’t have Q&A after you close your presentation.
1. That’s why the Closing is called the Closing!
1. If you’re going to have a Q&A, place if before your Closing.
2. The ‘Law of Primacy and Recency’ says the last thing the audience hears is the first thing they will remember. That’s why it’s imperative to have a Strong Closing.
3. If the Q&A is after your closing, and you are challenged, or don’t know the answer, that is what the audience will remember.  It’s probably not the take-away you want them to leave with.

Now that you’ve read these Don’ts – Study them and Don’t do them!

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About the Author
Fred E. Miller is a speaker, a coach, and author of the book,
“No Sweat Public Speaking!”
Businesses and individuals hire him because they want to improve their
Public Speaking and Presentation Skills.
They do this because we perceive really great speakers to be Experts.
Perception is reality and we rather deal with Experts.
They also know:
Speaking Opportunities are Business Opportunities.
Speaking Opportunities are Career Opportunities.
Speaking Opportunities are Leadership Opportunities.
He shows them how to
Develop, Practice, and Deliver ‘Knock Your Socks Off Presentations!’ with -
No Sweat!

Fred E. Miller
Fred@NoSweatPublicSpeaking.com
nosweatpublicspeaking.com
314-517-8772

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When was Your Presentation
last updated?You

If it’s been awhile - Keep reading!

Doing a Presentation Makeover
makes sense if:
The Information You Want to Convey is Important.
It should be Important!
     Important to the audience and
     Important to you!
If it’s not important, Why are you doing it?

“The presentation you and/or your team deliver:
directly reflects upon the presenters and those developing the presentation.”

You might need a
Presentation Makeover if you. . .

• Use cheap clipart.
• Use lots of fancy fonts.
• Put your brand on all the slides.
• Use lots of text in your slideshow.
• Use fonts that are less than 32 pt.
• Don’t customize your presentation.
• Don’t Practice – Practice – Practice.
• Think your Introduction is your Bio.
• “Wing it” at any of your presentations.
• Have many bullet points on your slides.
• Read those bullet points to the audience.
• Take questions after closing the presentation.
• Deliver your presentation from behind a lectern.
• Don’t research information about your audience.
• Give all the attendees handouts before presenting.
• Don’t have a Strong Opening and a Strong Closing.
• Aren’t continually updating your knowledge of your subject.
• Leave it up to the Master of Ceremonies to write your Introduction.
• Use low-rez images in your slides and enlarge them to fill the screen.
• Don’t use the “B” Button (Blank Screen) when delivering presentations.
• Are using someone’s stories in your presentation that are not your own.
• Don’t continually research information on the subject you’re presenting.
• Take questions throughout your presentation and always run out of time.
• Use lots of different slide transitions with an equal amount of build-ins
  and build-outs.
• Dress inappropriately or wear flashy jewelry and accessories when presenting.
• Are delivering Nonverbal Communication that is not in sync with your Verbal Communication.
• Keep a prop in view of the audience after using it and moving on to another part of your presentation.
• Don’t have a few questions in your hip pocket to “prime the pump” during the
  Q & A.
• Are not using personal stories to reinforce the points you’re making in the body of your speech.
• Don’t scope out the venue you’ll be speaking in several days before your presentation.
• Don’t have a “Master Slide Deck” you can easily pick and choose slides from for specific audiences and events.
• “Grab” images off internet sites rather than purchase or use ones with Creative Commons license.
• Are not using the Presentation Mode that PowerPoint and Keynote Offer.
• Are not using a remote control device that controls the slide, sound, has a “B” Button, has a laser pointer and is long range RF (radio frequency, not being directional.)

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About the Author
Fred E. Miller is a speaker, a coach, and author of the book, “No Sweat Public Speaking!”
Businesses and individuals hire him because they want to improve their
Public Speaking and Presentation Skills.
They do this because we perceive really great speakers to be Experts.
Perception is reality and we rather deal with Experts.
They also know: Speaking Opportunities are Business Opportunities.
Speaking Opportunities are Career Opportunities.
He shows them how to Develop, Practice and Deliver Knock Your Socks Off Presentations! with -
No Sweat!

Fred E. Miller
Fred@NoSweatPublicSpeaking.com
nosweatpublicspeaking.com

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My Keynote Presentation, “No Sweat Public Speaking!”

Here’s a Sample from the Beginning of the Talk: Keynote Presentation Sampler

This Keynote Presentation covers the:

• Components, Parts and Elements of a presentation.
• Things to do that will lessen the “Fear of Public Speaking.”
• Bonus Tips – Subtle little differences will make all the difference in your presentation.

It’s a bit over 95 minutes in length.  You’ll want to play it over and over!

For a Limited Time, I’m offering it for only $9.95, with my No BS Guarantee.
If for any reason you are not 100% satisfied, I’ll refund your purchase in full.  MP3 file will be sent by the next business day.

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FAQ with Me Ask Me

Question: If you had one piece of advice to give to improve my speaking, what would it be?

Answer: SPEAK! – SPEAK! – SPEAK!  If you want to be a great Baker – Bake! If you want to be a great Swimmer – Swim!  If you want to be a great Speaker – SPEAK!  You can do all the intellectualizing about the subject you want, read books, listen to CDs, watch videos and go to speaking events.  The Learning is in the Doing! Each time you speak, if you practice beforehand, you will become better.  Get a good friend to critique your speeches, then work on what needs improvement, then - SPEAK! – SPEAK! – SPEAK!

Question: What about Toastmasters?  Worth my time?

Answer:  ABSOLUTELY!  I was in Toastmasters for many years and learned most of what I now know about speaking from that great organization.  One piece of advice: Each club has their own “flavor.”  Some are very regimented, and others are pretty loose.  Visit three or four to see how they “fit” you before deciding on a club to join.

Question: How do you develop your presentations?

Answer: Mind Mapping!  Mind Mapping is a non-linear, visual brain storming tool and is perfect for not only developing a speech, but also practicing and delivering presentations.  It was developed in England in the ’70s by Tony Buzan.  The premise is that it works the way our brain works by bringing together the left, linear side, with the right, creative side.  See more at MasterMindMapper.com.

Question: How about some advice on the use of props?

Answer: I like using props!  They cue me about what I’m to talk about next and can take the place of notes or a Mind Map.  People have three styles of learning: Watching, Listening, and Doing.  If a speaker can use more than one of these, it increases the odds the audience will GET IT! Seeing a prop and hearing your words, that are in sync with the prop, will work!  A few rules:

• The prop must be appropriate to your message.
• When you’ve finished the message appropriate to the prop, put it away else it becomes a distraction.  (This is the same concept for using the “B” – Blank Screen Button – in a slide presentation.  It takes the attention of the audience off the screen or prop and puts it on you, the presenter, and where the focus should be.
• Sometimes the best prop is none.  Paint a Word Picture in the mind of each audience member and you’ll personalize your message.
  • Example: Rather than use a coffee cup and talk about coffee (which would be a good physical prop) say, “Picture your Favorite Coffee Cup! It might be the one your son or daughter made in kindergarten or it might be the one you bought on that special vacation.”
    • Now, you’ve personalized that coffee cup.  Nothing can replace that!

Question: What’s your advice on handling Questions and Answers?

Answer: Set aside time, before your Closing, for questions.  Tell attendees, in your Opening, that you’ll be taking questions at that time.  Here are some reasons to handle questions like this:

• The Closing is the Closing! – Period!  The last thing you say will be the first thing they will remember.  (That’s why you want a Strong Closing.)
  • If you have a great ‘Call to Action” Closing, then take questions, the impact of the Closing will be lessened.
  • Sometimes the Q&A can go south with someone questioning your expertise or parts of your presentation.  The time for the event comes to an end, and the difference of opinions is the last thing they heard – and the first thing they remember.
• Taking questions throughout a presentation requires exceptional time management.
  • Think of how many presentations you’ve attended where half the slides and presentation had to be rushed into the final few minutes because the presenter took questions throughout their talk.
• Often, it’s a good idea for you, the presenter, to Repeat the Question.
  • Repeat the Question if there’s a chance the audience didn’t hear it well.
    • Many venues require a mic and amp for all to hear and some people, even in a small room, are soft spoken.
    • Repeat the question for clarification, to be sure you and the audience have the same understanding.
      • Phrase it in your own words, and get confirmation, before answering.
• Don’t say, “Good question!”
  • What will you say to the next person and the person after them?
  • Better to say, “Thanks for asking!” or “Let me answer that like. . .”
• Sometimes, when asking for questions, no one raises their hand.
  • Be prepared to “prime the pump,” and say, “One of the questions I typically asked is. . . “
  • “Plant” a question with an audience member.  Be certain they don’t say, “I was asked to ask. . .”
• When answering a question, look directly at the person who asked, finish a thought and move on to give eye contact to a different individual and finish the next thought.
  • Continuing to look at the same person leaves out others and could “invite” a followup question, which could lead to a conversation with one person.  You don’t want that.

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About the Author
Fred E. Miller is a speaker, a coach, and author of the book, “No Sweat Public Speaking!”
Businesses and individuals hire him because they want to improve their
Public Speaking and Presentation Skills.
They do this because we perceive really great speakers to be Experts.
Perception is reality and we rather deal with Experts.
They also know: Speaking Opportunities are Business Opportunities.
Speaking Opportunities are Career Opportunities.
He shows them how to Develop, Practice and Deliver Knock Your Socks Off Presentations! with -
No Sweat!

Fred E. Miller
Fred@NoSweatPublicSpeaking.com
nosweatpublicspeaking.com

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We discussed my book, “No Sweat Public Speaking!” There was also time for a few call-in questions as well as audience participation thru Twitter and Email.

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Watch and Listen!
Pay particular attention to the use of cadence and inflection
in this famous speech from the movie, “Miracle.”

Coach Herb Brooks:
Address to 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team Before USSR Match

Great moments are born from great opportunity.
And that’s what you have here tonight, boys.
That’s what you’ve earned here, tonight.
One game.
If we played ‘em ten times, they might win nine.
But not this game. Not tonight. Tonight, we skate with ‘em.
Tonight, we stay with ‘em, and we shut them down because we can!

Tonight, we are the greatest hockey team in the world.
You were born to be hockey players — every one of ya.
And you were meant to be here tonight.
This is your time.
Their time — is done. It’s over.
I’m sick and tired of hearin’ about what a great hockey team the Soviets have.
Screw ‘em!
This is your time!!

Now go out there and take it!

About the Author
Fred E. Miller is a speaker, an author and a coach.
Businesses and individuals hire him because they want to improve their Public Speaking and Presentation Skills.
They do this because we perceive really great speakers to be Experts.
Perception is reality and we rather deal with Experts.
They also know: Speaking Opportunities are Business Opportunities.
Speaking Opportunities.Opportunities are Career Opportunities.
He shows them how to Develop, Practice and Deliver Knock Your Socks Off Presentations! with -
No Sweat!

Fred E. Miller
Fred@NoSweatPublicSpeaking.com
nosweatpublicspeaking.com

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Have a “Subtle Little Difference.”

Chapman’s Ice Cream was once a St. Louis tradition.  They were famous for their advertising campaign that stated there was a “subtle little difference” in Chapman’s Ice Cream that “made all the difference!”

This same philosophy can be applied to your presentations.  It’s the “subtle little differences” you put into your planning, then your talk, that will “make all the difference” in how the audience perceives you, your message and how well they GET IT! There are many areas where these differences can be applied.

Let’s look at some “subtle little differences” you can start using now!

• Your Introduction.
  • The Introduction is not you bio.  You write it and review it with the emcee.
  • This “subtle little difference” will build anticipation for the main act – YOU!  It should answer three questions:
    • Why this subject?
    • Why this speaker?
    • Why now?
• Your Opening.
  • PAUSE before uttering one word!
    • This “subtle little difference” will lead to the audience focusing entirely on you!
  • Grab their attention with a strong opening.
  • Tell them what you’re going to tell them.
    • This road map of your presentation will be appreciated, and is a “subtle little difference” because many speakers don’t.
• The Body of your presentation.
  • Use the formula: Make a Point, Tell a Story.  Doe this for three – five points.
  • When telling a story to demonstrate your point, make a “subtle little difference” by using Personal Stories.  Too many times speakers tell stories of honesty, hard work, and overcoming obstacles that are not their stories.  The problem with doing this is the audience has often heard the story, perhaps more than once, before.  Tell your story!
• Your Slide Presentation, offers opportunities to “make a subtle little differences.”
  • You are the presenter.  Slides help explain the message to the visual learner in all of us.
    • Use little or no text.  You supply the text.  Bullet points don’t reinforce.  They compete, confuse, and complicate your message.
  • Use high quality images that are universal and understood by everyone.
  • Periodically, use the B Button.  The B Button blanks the screen.  This takes the audience’s attention off the screen and onto you.  This is where it should be!
  • Keep your slides clean and simple by using one image per slide and simple transitions.
  • Do not turn off the lights!  Even if the image isn’t as bright and clear as you would like, turning off the lights takes the attention off you and makes the slides the presentation.  You are the presentation!
• Make a “subtle little difference” by not taking questions after you close your presentation.
  • The Close is the Close – period.
    • The last thing you say is the first thing the audience will remember.  That should not be the answering, or not, of a question.
• Conclude your talk by:
  • Telling the audience what you told them.  Doing this will make a “subtle little difference” and improve the odds of them GETTING IT!
  • Closing strongly with a Call to Action!

Incorporate some of these “subtle little differences” into your presentations and see “all the difference” they make!

About the Author
Fred E. Miller is a speaker, an author and a coach.
Businesses and individuals hire him because they want to improve their Public Speaking
and Presentation Skills.
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Perception is reality.
All things being equal, we rather deal with Experts.
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