How To Be A DIVA At Public Speaking: The Step – By – Step System To Engage Your Audience And Present With Confidence – Kaye, Shola

Someone tells a rousing story about their life. The idea is that their tales of adventure or adversity will motivate you to overcome obstacles and reach for success. Nowadays, there’s more of a preference for inspirational speakers. Ideally the result is that the audience will be inspired to change their thinking and therefore change their lives. 5. Transform your audience Transformational speakers are the ones who succeed in getting you to act differently and change your behaviour. Transformational speaking aligns very closely with selling and persuading because, after all, the speaker is helping you change your actions.

So they’ve either sold you on an idea or frame of mind that produces different behaviour. Whether that’s buying a product or getting up earlier each morning to fit in a run before work, a transformation has taken place if you adopt new behaviour after the talk. Arranging your content Depending upon the length of time you have to speak, your content should be arranged into 3 – 5 points.

Any more than this may be too many. The more points you have, the less likely the audience will remember any of them. Of course, if you are supplying a handout, then that’s no problem because the audience can refer to it after the event. If you are expecting them to take notes, then go slowly enough to give them time to write or, these days, to take out their cameras and snap each of your slides.

Alternatively, you could gather their emails and, after the event, send them a copy of the presentation. This approach has the added benefit of building your list! If you’re not the storytelling type, you might want to use the following system. For each of your 3-5 points that form the body of your speech: 1.

Introduce the point by asking the audience a question that draws them in. 2. Clarify your point by giving them the facts or details. 3. Explain and elaborate with a case study, example, or anecdote that brings the point to life. If you enjoy telling stories, feel free to swap points 2 and 3 around: 1. Draw the audience in with questions or other disruptors. 2. Tell a story. 3. Make a point or give some learning material that’s illustrated by your story. If you are using slides, a nice idea is to have a slide that introduces each new section of the talk.

To help you get the most out of this book I’ve created a number of FREE resources. For your convenience, all can be found at www.speakupdiva.thinkific.com and will be delivered as an online course. You will have FREE access to: A downloadable audio book (FREE) that will retail for approximately £19.99 on Audible. By signing up for the online course I will be able to notify you as soon as it’s ready.

A concise video course consisting of a 1-2 minute overview of each chapter in the book and demonstrations of breathing and voice exercises. A downloadable PDF workbook with exercises and checklists to accompany some of the book’s chapters. An audio visualisation exercise. Use this to overcome nerves and create a mindset of public speaking success. OceanofPDF.com DIVA: Italian, literally goddess, from Latin, feminine of divus divine, god (Merriam Webster) To all the women reading this book: you don’t need to be rich, famous or glamorous to be a DIVA.

OceanofPDF.com INTRODUCTION BEFORE WE PLUNGE into the tips, tools, and techniques that will help you unlock your inner DIVA speaker, let’s look at why you should read this book, who this book is for, what inspired me to write it, and how to use it. Why read this book If I asked you to create a speech, would you be flustered and anxious, or excited and enthusiastic? Many would see it as a huge, long-winded task. The delivery of the speech would be a whole other issue. Worries about coping with nerves, stage-fright, what to do with your hands, and much more, might well pop up.

I could recommend that you study Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech. You could watch a YouTube clip of Michelle Obama or even one of Margaret Thatcher, to find out how it’s done. For most people, however, it’s pretty difficult to break down the key elements of what makes a speech – or a speaker – great, and then apply those lessons to their own work.

Besides that, it’s better to be brilliant versions of ourselves than a poor version of someone else.

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “How to be a DIVA at Public Speaking: The step-by-step system to engage your audience and present with confidence” by Kaye, Shola, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

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• Title: How to be a DIVA at Public Speaking: The step-by-step system to engage your audience and present with confidence
• Author: Kaye, Shola
• Pages: 145
• Language: English (en)
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Table of Contents

• Page 2: Title Page
• Page 4: Read This First
• Page 6: Dedication
• Page 7: Introduction
• Page 17: Part 1
•     Page 18: 1. The DIVA Speaking System™
•     Page 24: 2. BE DYNAMIC – The Energy & The Audience
•     Page 34: 3. BE DYNAMIC – Your Words & Movement
•     Page 49: 4. BE INSPIRING – Tell Them A Story
•     Page 61: 5. BE VALUABLE – What’s The Point?
•     Page 71: 6. BE VALUABLE – What’s In It For Them?
•     Page 80: 7. BE AUTHENTIC – Show Them Who You Are
• Page 91: Part 2
•     Page 92: 8. Writing Your Speech
•     Page 100: 9. Finding Speaking Gigs – A DIVA Gets What She Needs
•     Page 106: 10. Preparing For Showtime
•     Page 121: 11. Showtime And Beyond
• Page 136: CONCLUSION – Being A DIVA
• Page 138: Thank You
• Page 139: About the Author
• Page 141: Acknowledgments
• Page 143: Praise
• Page 145: Copyright Information

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