The document outlines common mistakes to avoid as a keynote speaker, including having a bad start that does not engage the audience, using too many slides with too much text, and overloading the audience with too much information without a clear central idea. It recommends starting with a story, keeping slides simple, structuring the talk around a central idea, including one or two relatable stories to build human interest, being enthusiastic, focusing on the audience not yourself, rehearsing, and managing time limits.

1. AS KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
TO AVOID
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2. BAD
STARTBad start can ruin your first
impression. Meet your
audience expectation with a
powerful introduction, like a
story to introduce yourself
or your dream, passion,
profession, goal etc.
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3. Useful slides for conveying
Visual information is good.
However, too many slides
with too many words require
your audience attention and
takes attention away from you.
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4. Overloading your audience
with too much information
will leave them confused. You
must have one central idea of
your talk. It should be
structured in a way that it
communicates your idea.
START (TALKING ABOUT YOUR PROBLEM) > TELL A STORY > PROPOSE A SOLUTION > END WITH A CALL TO ACTION
LACKS
CLARITY
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5. In order to capture human interest include one or
two relatable stories in your talk. For example if the
goal of your talk is to improve customer service, tell
a story about someone who offered great customer
service and made a significant impact. Describing
your story to convey human emotions will make
your audience mesmerized.
HUMAN
INTEREST
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6. You must be enthusiastic yourself and sound like that
in order to generate enthusiasm in your audience.
Don’t put your audience to sleep. Maintain eye-contact
and adjust your voice pitch based on what you are
saying. Don’t sound dry or read your slides.
NO
ENTHUSIASM
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7. Don’t make your talk overly about you but make it
about your audience. They are more interested in
knowing about their problem. Your talk should be
useful to your audience.
COUNT HOW MANY TIMES YOU SAY “I”,
“WE” OR “YOU” DURING YOUR TALK
MAKE
IT ABOUT
YOU
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8. You might have delivered the talk so many times and you would
be confident enough to go on stage without rehearsal but, this
is wrong. Don’t make elementary mistakes rehearse with your
slides to ensure you are in sync with it.
REHEARSAL
NO
DON’T
NEED
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9. Don’t rush to cramp everything at the end of
the talk, know your limit and cover up all you
have to say within the given time. Organise
the time that has been allotted to you in a
way that you leave space for any questions
that your audience may have.
NO
TIME
LIMIT
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