T H E Q U I C K & EA SY WAY TO

E F F EC T I V E S P EA K I N G
-DALE HARBISON CARNEGIE

Elambarithi Marimuthu 1
 ABOUT AUTHOR – DALE CARNEGIE

1905 1936 1934 1937 1948 1915

• Author of Best-selling
• P i o n e e r i n t h e fi e l d o f s e l f -
improvement
• Received - honorary doctorate @ 1955
Central Missouri State College

Born Dale Harbison Carnegie, Nov 24, 1888

Maryville, Missouri, U.S.
Died Nov 1, 1955 (aged 66), Forest Hills, New York,
U.S.

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 ABOUT BOOK - WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
The Quick & Easy way
to Effective Speaking
(1962) FIVE STAGES IN THE BOOK
-Self Help Book
THE TWO
METHODS
OF
DELIVERIN
THE TREE THE ART
G A TALK
ASPECTS OF
OF EVERY COMMUN
SPEECH ICATING

THE
EFFECTIV
BASIC CHALLENG
E
PRINCIPLE ES OF
SPEAKIN
S EFFECTIVE
G
SPEAKING

221 Pages

“If I had only known then how you make it easy to conquer fear, the paralyzing fear of an audience, I wouldn’t have lost these past five years - Dale
Carnegie 3

TAKE HEART FROM OTHERS
EXPERIENCE
• BE CONFIDENT AND BRAVE
“Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic - Dale Carnegie
01 - AQUIRING THE BASIC SKILLS
KEEP SIGHT OF YOUR
GOAL
• IF YOU CARE ENOUGH
CERTAINLY ATTAIN YOUR
RESULTS
STAGE1: BASIC PRINCIPLES
PREDETERMINE YOUR MIND SEIZE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO
TO SUCCESS PRACTICE
• YOUR THOUGHTS MAKES • DON’T WAIT FOR A HUGE
YOU WHAT YOU ARE PLATFORM BEFORE GIVE IT
TO YOUR BEST
PERFORMANCE
• Bernard Kelvin Clive (SA)
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 STAGE1: BASIC PRINCIPLES

02 - DEVELOPING CONFIDENCE

GET THE FACTS ABOUT FEAR OF SPEAKING IN PREPARE IN THE PROPER WAY
PUBLIC • Only prepared speaker deserves to be confident
• Stage fright • Don’t memorize
• Unaccustomed (not familiar with) to speak • Assemble and arrange your ideas
• Freezing or forgetting • Rehearse your talk
• Making mistakes

PREDETERMINE YOUR MIND TO SUCCESS ACT CONFIDENT

• Lose yourself in your subject (To free your mind • To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying
from worry) to make you something else is the great
• Keep your attention accomplishment
• Give yourself a pep talk

“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world – Emersion” 5
 STAGE1: BASIC PRINCIPLES

03 - THREE CARDINAL RULES

• TELL US WHAT LIFE HAS TAUGHT TO YOU:

RIGHT TO TALK ABOUT
THROUGH EXPERIENCE OR
STUDY YOU EARNED
• Early years and upbringings
• Early struggles to get ahead
• LOOK FOR TOPICS IN YOUR BACKGROUND:
• Hobbies and recreation
• Special areas of knowledge
• Unusual experience - beliefs and convictions .

BE SURE YOU ARE EXCITED • ASK YOURSELF HOW INTERESTED YOU ARE IN.
ABOUT YOUR SUBJECT

• FACTORS IN EVERY SPEAKING SITUATION:

EAGER TO SHARE YOUR • The speaker
TALK WITH YOUR • Speech or message
LISTENERS • The audience.
• THE SPEAKERS SHOULD RELATES TO TALK TO THE LIVING AUDIENCE.

“For better or worse, you must play your own instruments in the orchestra of life – Dale Carnegie” 6
 STAGE2: THREE ASPECTS OF EVERY SPEECH

01 – EARNING THE RIGHT TO TALK

DEVELOP
LIMIT YOUR
RESERVE
SUBJECT
POWER

USE
FILL YOUR
CONCRETE,
TALK WITH
FAMILIAR
ILLUSTRATION
WORDS THAT
S AND
CREATE
EXAMPLES
PICTURES

“Tell the audience what you are going to say, say it; then tell them what you have said – Dale Carnegie” 7
 STAGE2: THREE ASPECTS OF EVERY SPEECH

02 – VISUALIZING THE TALK

RELIVE THE FEELING YOU

HAVE ABOUT YOUR TOPIC

• RECREATE THE EMOTIONS

CHOOSE SUBJECTS YOU ARE

ACT IN EARNEST
EARNEST ABOUT

“There are always three speeches, for everyone you actually gave the one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave– Dale
Carnegie” 8
 STAGE2: THREE ASPECTS OF EVERY SPEECH

03 – SHARING THE TALK WITH AUDIENCE

TALK IN TERMS OF YOUR LISTENERS INTEREST

GIVE HONEST, SINCERE APPRICIATION

IDENTIFY YOURSELF WITH THE AUDIENCE

MAKE AN AUDIENCE A PARTNER IN YOUR TALK

PLAY YOUSELF DOWN

“There may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel – Carl W. Buechner” 9
 STAGE3: TWO METHODS OF DELIVERING A TALK

01 – THE SHORT TALK TO GET IN TO ACTION

TO
ENCOURAGE
OR GET
ACTION

THEME
TO OF
TO INFORM
ENTERTAIN SHORT
TALK

TO IMPRESS
AND
CONVINCE

“No one complains about a speech being too short – Ira Hayes” 10
 STAGE3: TWO METHODS OF DELIVERING A TALK

02 – IMPROMPTU TALKS

Be Mentally
Ready

Don’t Talk
PRACTICE Speak With
Impromptu – Give
IMPROMPT Animation And
An Impromptu
U SPEAKING Force
Talk

Use The
Principle For
Here And
Now
“Its usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech– Mark Twain” 11
 STAGE4: THE ART OF COMMUNICATING

01 – DELIVERING THE TALK

Crash through Don’t try to Practice

Put your heart
your imitate Converse with making your
into your
shell of self - others -be your audience voice strong
speaking
consciousness yourself and flexible

“Best way to conquer stage fright is to know what you are talking about - Dale Carnegie 12
 STAGE5: THE CHALLENGES OF EFFECTIVE SPEAKING

01 - INTRODUCING SPEAKERS, PRESENTING AND ACCEPTING AWARDS

• GATHER FACTS • TOPIC (TITLE)
• SUBJECTS • IMPORTANCE
• QUALIFICATIONS (TOPIC)
• NAME • SPEAKER (LIST
• WHY THE SUBJECT IS THE
CHOSEN QULAIFICATIONS
FOLLOW THE T-I-S
PREPARE
FORMULA FOR
THOROUGHLY
INTRODUCTIONS

EXPRESS SINCERE
FEELINGS IN THE
BE ENTHUSIASTIC
TALK OF
ACCEPTANCE

• BE WARMLY SINCERE • SPEAKER’S NAME

(THANK YOU) – PAUSE – PART –
• GIVE CREDIT TO OTHERS PUNCH

“You will have the satisfaction that comes form Saying right thing at the right time - Dale Carnegie” 13
 STAGE5: THE CHALLENGES OF EFFECTIVE SPEAKING

02 - ORGANIZING THE LONGER TALK

AVOID GETTING UNFAVERABLE

GET ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY SUPPORT YOUR MAIN IDEAS APPEAL FOR ACTION
ATTENSION

BEGAN YOUR TALK WITH

AN INCIDENT USE STATISTICS
DO NOT OPEN WITH AN
AROUSE SUSPENSE SUMMARIZE
APOLOGY
USE THE TESTIMONY OF
STATE AN ARRESTING EXPERTS
POINT

ASK FOR SHOW OF HANDS

USE ANALOGIES
TELL HOW THEY CAN GET AVOID THE FUNNY STORY
SOMETHING THEY WANT ASK FOR ACTION
OPENING USE DEMONSTRATION
WITH OR WITHOUT AN
USE AN EXHIBIT EXHIBIT

“90% of how well the talk will go is determine before the speaker steps on the platform – Somers White” 14
 STAGE5: THE CHALLENGES OF EFFECTIVE SPEAKING

03 – APPLYING WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED

USE SPECIFIC DETAIL IN EVERY CONVERSATION

USE EFFECTIVE SPEAKING TECHNIQUES IN YOUR JOB

SEEK OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC

YOU MUST PERSIST

KEEP THE CERTAINITY OF REWARD BEFORE YOU

“The most precious things in speech are the pauses – Sir Ralph Richardson” 15
 CONCLUSION – LESSION LEARNT

The Quick & Easy way to

Eff e c ti v e S p e a k i n g ( 1 9 6 2 )
-Self Help Book “EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SPEAKING”

“OVERCOME STAGE FEAR”

“DEVELOP SELF-CONFIDENCE”

“Dale Carnegie has transformed public speaking into a skill anyone can develop” 16
THANK YOU

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