PUBLIC SPEAKING

We all know that success in any career takes communication skills.
Whether you're interviewing for a new job, working on a promotion, giving a toast, leading a meeting or persuading a customer, the way you speak will set you apart.
And there's no other discipline that will hone your communication skills more sharply than learning the craft of public speaking.
Why Learn Public Speaking?
Whether you're in retail sales or aspiring to become a CEO, public speaking is your ally. Learning to draft and deliver the perfect speech will propel you on a journey of discovery, leadership and personal success. Public speaking develops confidence, organization of the mind and clarity of purpose. It's how celebrities, politicians and business legends have achieved success in life.
It's a fact, plain and simple: if you want to succeed, you need to become really good at communicating effectively.
The Greatest Public Speaking Secret of Them All
Any guide to success will tell you that there is no magic formula. But in a lot of fields, there does seem to be an inside secret - some intangible that makes one person outshine another. And taking on the challenge of becoming a truly great public speaker is no exception. If indeed there is an insider secret that makes the difference between good public speakers and great ones, it would have to be simple, old fashioned hard work and preparation.
The more advance preparation you apply to your presentation, the better your public speaking will be. Instead of that feeling of terror when you address a crowd, preparation will give you confidence, clarity and a sense of leadership.
Three Steps To Getting Started:
1) Research Your Topic: Even if you're already an expert in the field you plan to discuss, put some time into developing your topic through research. Have an idea about your audience, and be clear about what has already been offered to them on the topic.
2) Write Your Outline: Come up with the main points of your topic and draft them into outline form. Make sure that the points lead coherently from one to the next.
3) Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse: When you give your talk, you should be speaking to your audience naturally using your outline as a guide - not reciting lines from memory. You should be so well prepared that you have the sense you'll never run out of material to cover. This is the same technique that the legendary Dale Carnegie pioneered a hundred years ago.