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Coaching Tips for Powerful Presentations
by Sandra Schrift
Published on this site: October 21st, 2004
It is an awesome responsibility and privilege to address
an audience as a speaker. If you are a coach or business
professional who wants to enroll clients from the platform,
you need to connect and engage with an audience quickly and
show them the benefits of working with you.
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The purpose of your speech is to get results; to help people
make changes and think or act differently.
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Show your audience that coaching is a process. It is different
from consulting.
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Determine what kind of coaching the client wants and needs.
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People learn in three ways: Visual (what they can see),
Auditory (what they can hear), and Kinesthetic (what they
can touch). Try to include all three ways in your speech.
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People have short attention spans. Review your main points
before you end your speech.
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Be conversational by engaging the audience. Don't lecture
the audience.
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Use humor. This keeps the audience interested and they learn
better.
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Use strong openings. Examples: a story, a significant statement,
a quotation, a challenging question.
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Use Strong Closings. Examples: Summary, Review the main
points, make a statement, tell an anecdote, call for action.
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Use a written evaluation form. For example, ask them what
they like best about your program; what they like least;
and if they were you how would they improve your program.
Be sure to ask for referrals to other groups who would benefit
from your information.
Sandra Schrift 13 year speaker bureau owner and now
career coach to emerging and veteran public speakers who want
to "grow" a profitable speaking business. I also
work with business professionals and organizations who want
to master their presentations. To find out HOW TO MAKE IT
AS A PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER, go to http://www.schrift.com/success_resources.htm
Join my free bi-weekly Monday Morning Mindfulness ezine
http://www.schrift.com/monday.htm.
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