Be the Best You Can Be

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Would you like to discover the secret of how you can get any audience to love you, without them even knowing it? Of course you would and it’s probably right up there at the top of your public speaking tips wish list!

But by simply incorporating just a few easy to learn techniques, you will be able to guarantee that even the toughest audience will come away thinking that you are one of the very best public speakers they have ever heard. By really understanding what an audience is looking for before you even begin to make your speech, you will be able to guarantee that they will make a positive connection with you as soon as walk out on stage.

So what should you do to make any audience love you?

Step 1.

Many public speakers will consider this technique to be cheating! The most effective way of persuading any audience to love you is to give them precisely what they want to hear. And the best way of discovering exactly what this might be is to ask them - or at least, ask a few people with an interest in the subject just what questions they would like answers to, or what area they would like to be explained in greater detail. Then it is simply a matter of using books from your local library or browsing the search engines to find your material.

Step 2.

Now you must concentrate on building an easy rapport with your audience. The best - and easiest - way is simply to remember to smile and make eye contact throughout your delivery. You are a warm and friendly person, so make an effort to let your audience know that too! One very important tip that is overlooked by so many public speakers is to be in the room or auditorium whilst their audience is arriving. This gives you the chance to greet a few people personally and will ensure that you are far more memorable than other speakers. Your audience will also feel that they already know and like you before you are formally introduced on stage.

Step 3.

Do make sure that the language you use in your speech is appropriate to your audience. Use words that relate to the topic in hand but don’t overdo the jargon - it may be beyond your audience’s expertise and mark you out as being too-clever-by-half!

Step 4.

Always deliver benefits to the audience. Build your speech for their satisfaction, not yours. Make sure that you address their wants - whether that may be to be informed, entertained, educated, emotionally or spiritually fulfilled or to be shown how to gain some financial or health advantage. Provide a solution to a problem they may have and they will love you for it.

And the most important of all public speaking tips?

Step 5.

Appear confident and relaxed on stage.

It is a surprising truth that your audience will mirror what you project on stage, so if you are embarrassed, uneasy or hesitant in your manner, they will sub-consciously be feeling the same. If you appear at ease and relaxed during your presentaion, then they will relax too. So, if you are giving out signals that you are comfortable in their presence, have respect and affection for them and appreciate their attention, then they will do the same for you - without realising exactly why they are feeling warm and appreciative towards you. Guaranteed!

If you can incorporate these public speaking tips into every one of your presentations, you will quickly discover that making your audience love you is an easy and natural process and one that you will wonder how other, less successful public speakers manage to do without.