Mastery In Public Speaking is no longer a nice to have skill but a must have skill for any professional aspiring to excel in their career or business.

1. 49Public Speaking Tips
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2. The speech
starts with
your bio
before you
walk on
stage
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3. You DON’T have to tell them what
you’re going to tell them
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4. Cut, cut, cut!
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5. An entire story is designed
to serve the end
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6. Establish
right away
that you
know what
the world
looks like for
them—and
what it could
look like
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7. You must reward
them for doing
something or
contributing in
some way
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8. Use open hands with your palms up
instead of your
fi
nger for pointing
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9. People say “yes” when we’ve affected
them intellectually, emotionally or
physically
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10. Outline your content and
then unpack it
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11. Use props
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12. Use contrast and extremes to
create excitement and keep
attention
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13. Keep moving forward
Never let the energy drop
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14. Audiences like to think that events
on the stage
are happening spontaneously
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15. Stand and land
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16. You can move and talk at
the same time
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17. Don’t say,
“I’m glad to
be here.”
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18. Don’t tell them you’re going
to tell a story.
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19. Every rule is
made to be
broken
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20. Be very
conscientious
about
connecting
the dots or
you’ll lose your
audience
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21. Give them time
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22. Never apologize for the
amount of time you don’t have
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23. Let them go early
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24. Enlist the self-proclaimed experts
in the room
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25. Embellishment is positively
OK
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26. Remember they
don’t know what
you know
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27. Show them what
the world will look
like
if they DON’T
change
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28. Study stand-up comedy
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29. Be careful
using idioms
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30. Don’t make jokes
about dif
fi
cult
topics
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31. If you tell them you care about
something you also need to tell
them why
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32. Boom, boom,
BANG. Boom,
boom, boom,
BANG
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33. Understand
stage blocking
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34. Deliver big moments center stage
(usually)
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35. That said, don’t head straight for
center stage
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36. When you land a
joke, bask in it
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37. Voice and speech training is not
something you master in an hour
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38. Don’t push
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39. Just because
you’re feeling
it, they might
not be
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40. Endings:
get everything in
before audiences
clap
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41. You can also stay on stage at the
end if you invite them to join you
there
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42. Anyone can make
a sexy sizzle reel
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43. Get right to it
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44. Stop using the “story
teller voice.”
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45. Reduce
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46. You don’t have to slow down
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47. If you have to explain
a joke... It's just not
funny
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48. Never turn your
back to the
audience unless
it’s intentional to
make a point or
convey an
emotion
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49. Never yell at your audience
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50. If you think you’re going to
rise to the moment, you’re
wrong.
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