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Stick to one typeface in your slides

Helvetica and Arial are good choices to use

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24-point font
Use this size or larger, so
the audience can read the
Three sizes of
font
Avoid
underlining or
Avoid bullets and
dashes
Contrasting
colors 1
Largest for titles; next size They clutter the screen Black or a dark color on
words
for text; smallest for
italics white works best
They make it harder for
supporting ideas
your audience to read the
slides

About typeface
The trick to a good slide presentation is to keep the style consistent throughout-–same typeface,
font sizes, and colors on every slide.

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Keep it short
Any video clip used should be no
more than 30 seconds long

Not too many

Step 01 CC No more than four clips in an 18
minute talk

Videos Step 02 6
Video can be a great
presentation tool but use 2
them sparingly Step 03 k Necessary
Make sure any video clips really do
serve a purpose in your presentation;
Step 04 %% avoid trying to dazzle the audience
with unnecessary visual clutter

Compelling
Make sure any video clips really do
enhance the story you are telling,
rather than detract from the power
of your words

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Test on the
Test on Friends equipment
Make sure the slides are really Run the whole thing
getting your points across through the actual set-up
you will be using on the
day

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Rehearsing the technical aspects of your
Visual Planning presentation is just as important as

Test and back up everything.

rehearsing the actual words you will speak
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Have backups
Send your visuals to the host
but bring a copy on a USB stick
—just in case
Rights
Make sure you have the
rights to any photos,
videos, or music that you
use, and give credits
where appropriate

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Scripting—yes, or no?

Every speaker has their own preference;

some use a blend of styles

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Scripting Unscripted
Write out and memorize the entire Lay out the main points and speak to
script each of them in the moment
Option A Option B

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The benefits of scripting.

Keypoint
You know the talk will fit the
time allotted
Concise

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Keypoint Keypoint
You won’t go off-topic
You’ll be confident that you’ve or suddenly find you’ve
covered everything lost track of your
Confidence thoughts Clarity

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 Problems with scripting

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Most TED Talks are scripted but this can cause problems

Sounds Impersonal Lots of Preparation

Don’t just read your script to the audience.
The only way to make a script sound
It’s too impersonal; you won’t connect
natural is to rehearse your delivery
with them
thoroughly

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Memorize
The only way for a script to sound natural
Stunning Visuals is if you have practiced it so often that you
The only time you can really get away with
Eye Contact reading a script is if your presentation
can speak it from memory in a natural way
Look up frequently and make eye contact includes some really stunning visuals
with your audience

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Don’t Recite
Practice your talk until you can deliver it
in a natural speaking style.
Don’t mumble
Practice your talk until you can comfortably
enunciate every word clearly.
Don’t rush
Practice your talk until you can deliver it at
a comfortable pace .
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Memorize the script.
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Don’t stare at your notes
a Practice your talk until you can give it while
looking out at your audience
b
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Don’t hesitate
c Practice your talk until you can deliver it
without any” umms” and “ahs”
d
Don’t panic!
e Practice your talk until you are confident you
can deliver it without panicking.
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The Unscripted Talk.

Step Step Step

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Bullet points
Condense the entire talk into a set of bullet
g Timing
Practice completing the talk in about 90%
of the time allotted; that way you won’t run
points
Practice over on the actual day
Practice speaking to each of your bullet
points in turn

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The Unscripted Talk.

Step 01 Step 02 Step 03 Step 04

Make sure you know how

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Still requires practice but not as Make sure your bullet points You can refer to your notes on
you will transition from one
much as memorizing a script give you enough information the day
point to the next
that you won’t leave anything
out

I s
Practice until you know
what you will say at each
A Practice until you know
what points you should be
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stage making at each stage
Keep it sounding natural The audience will
understand if you

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occasionally pause and
glance at your notes
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Scripted or unscripted.

01
option
02
option
03
option
04
option
05
option

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Whichever format Practice giving Don’t think of the Many speakers write Whether you
you use, thorough your talk until you delivery as reciting out a script but are memorize a script
preparation is key. can deliver it at something but as prepared to speak or work from
living something that off-the-cuff on the
Even with an the same time as notes is entirely
you know inside-out. day. The majority
unscripted talk, doing something actually do
up to you—use
you cannot just else. memorize the whole the approach that
‘wing it’ on the talk and do their you are most
day. best to make it comfortable with.
sound natural.

b C s h G

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Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse

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Option r Option r

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Option Option Option
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Prune Record Repeat By heart Passion

Practice your talk, then cut Have someone record you Rehearse your talk over Practice your talk until you Keep practicing until you
out all the unnecessary on a smartphone, so you and over again know it by heart; every can deliver your talk with
parts can see how the talk comes word passion
acros

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Keep rehearsing.

Rehearse like a musician Rehearse like an actor

A musician will play the same piece over and over Keep practicing until you can deliver your speech
again, until the music flows with ease and passion as easily and effectively as an actor speaking lines

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Find the best words

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Keep practicing until you’ve honed your talk to the Take it seriously
very best it can be Gift your audience the best talk you can, by
rehearsing thoroughly

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Unscripted rehearsal.

04 j Smooth
Keep rehearsing until you have the
transitions clear in your mind

03 9 Best words
Keep rehearsing until you know the
best phrases to use
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02 D Rehearse
Even though you are not memorizing
a script, you must still rehearse
thoroughly

01 a Unscripted
You are using only notes, not
memorizing the whole talk

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Rehearse until it sounds natural.

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Rehearse
Memorize your talk

01 Keep practicing your talk until it doesn’t

sound rehearsed. You should be able to
deliver your talk while doing another task.
Refine Rehearse until it sounds completely natural.
Polish it until it’s the best it can be

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Rehearse again
Keep rehearsing; this is a key part of the
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Natural
Rehearse until it sounds natural

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Rehearse constantly.
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Rehearse while Rehearse while filing Rehearse until it’s easy

Deliver your talk while tidying away your Practice your talk until delivering it is
cooking office files second nature
Can you deliver your talk and

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measure ingredients at the same
time?
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Craft the opening.

80%
Plan how you will start
Even an unscripted talk needs a
good opening
60%
40%
Grab attention
Your audience should be with you
from the opening words

Memorize
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Even if your talk is unscripted, take
the time to memorize the opening

The best opening intrigues your audience from the very start

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“I am not drunk . . . but the doctor who delivered me was.”

opened her talk on her cerebral palsy. The entire audience

This was the dramatic way that comic Maysoon Zayid

was instantly riveted.

Opening scene
G

Think of your first paragraph

as the opening scene in your
movie
X

Tease
Using the throughline, come up
with a dramatic tease
p

Attention
A dose of drama up front will
grab the audience’s attention
c
Riveting
Surprise your audience
with something astonishing

b
First words
The dramatic opening.

Start with something

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6 Public Speaking Tools To capture an Audience g Begin with using a prop (A physical
object), be deliberate

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Create audience interaction, move
respond, laugh… c
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f Use Humer

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Storytelling
b
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e Move around and make actions that
pertain to what you are saying.

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Wrap up your talk with what you
want the audience to walk away
with. And finish with the prop you
a
started with.

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