Chapter 23 - Some notes on presentation skills
How to find your voice, use it, and overcome your fear of public speaking
A long time ago I had the opportunity to attend Presentation Skills training with the wonderful Jane Oakshott.
This was incredibly helpful for dealing with panic attacks and performance-related anxiety in public speaking.
These are my unedited notes that I took at the time.
I may write this up later as a more detailed post if people find it helpful.
Breathing diamond is where your self confidence lives.
Roll shoulders back, head is held on string to ceiling like toy skeleton. Spine goes all way up through your head.
Breathing out is what you speak on. Breathing in is automatic.
Seventy percent of your message is visual. Can they see you and see your mouth?
Stand confidently, look it and your body will follow and your mind follows your body. Twenty percent is aural, can they hear you, do you sound confident relaxed authoritative etc.
Ten percent is content, what you say. So you can have it ninety percent in the bag before you even think about content.
When you …
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