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How would you like to be able to guarantee that you could get any audience to love you? Of all the public speaking tips this one will be right up there at the top of the pile!
But by simply using a few straightforward techniques in every one of your speeches, you will easily guarantee that even the toughest audience will soon be rating you one of the best public speakers to be heard in a long time. By thoroughly understanding what your audience is looking for as you build your speech, you will ensure that you can make a positive connection with them even before you walk out on stage to begin your presentation.
So what should you do to make any audience love you?
Step 1.
The most important place to start is understanding exactly what your audience wants - and expects - to hear. Once you know what topic you will be speaking on, this is easily discovered from your initial research. It really isn't cheating to go and ask a few people who have an interest in the subject what questions they would like answered or what aspect is most important to them. Browse through the search engines or borrow books on the subject from your local library - you'll soon get an idea of what is in your audience's minds.
Step 2.
Secondly, you need to build an easy rapport with the members of your audience. This is not as difficult as you might assume and can easily be achieved by making sure that you smile frequently during your speech and are not afraid to make eye contact. Take the opportunity to greet some members of the audience personally as they arrive and before you are due to begin speaking. Doing this will make them feel that they already know you before you are formally introduced to the audience as a whole. Very few public speakers do this and miss an important opportunity to get the audience 'on-side' right from the outset.
Step 3.
Use words and language that is appropriate for the topic and that your audience will understand. This shared knowledge will endear you to your audience but be very careful not to over-do the jargon. Remember, it's a fine line between appearing to really understand the subject and being seen as a know-all!
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 greatest of all public speaking tips?
Step 5.
Relax and appear confident on stage.
It is a basic truth that your audience will mirror the emotion you are projecting on stage, so if you are embarrassed, uneasy or hesitant in your manner, they will be too. But If you are at ease, then your audience will be at ease also. However, 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 sub-consciously return the compliment to you. They will feel warm and appreciative towards you, guaranteed!
So by simply using all these public speaking tips in your presentations you will quickly discover that making your audience love you is much easier than you might have thought. Other, less successful public speakers overlook these vital techniques - don't you make the same mistake.
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